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Texas GOP’s broadest attempt yet to erode blue cities’ power gets one step closer to becoming law

Gov. Greg Abbott and other supporters of the bill have long sought legislation to push back against local regulations that they say hamper business owners and harm the state’s economy.

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Why tax policy experts fear the Texas House plan to lower property taxes could have dire ripple effects

Both the House and the Senate’s proposals on property tax cuts would give modest savings to the typical Texas homeowner, but critics say the House plan could create vast inequities and disproportionately benefit wealthy homeowners.

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Texas House approves bills to spend up to $1 billion to buy more state parkland

The Texas House paved the way for a billion-dollar investment in state parks, which one advocate said would create “a new golden age” for the park system. Texas now ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per capita.

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Border migrant encounters have dropped by half since Title 42 ended, federal official says

Federal officials had about 10,000 encounters with migrants per day at the U.S.-Mexico border before the emergency health order ended late Thursday. Since Friday they have had about 5,000 encounters per day.

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Houston-area chemical fire highlights gaps in Texas environmental enforcement

A fire broke out at a Deer Park Shell plant the day after a public hearing on renewing the permit for ITC, a nearby facility that caught fire in 2019, sparking a Texas Tribune/Public Health Watch investigation that documented failures in state and federal oversight.

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Eliminating countywide voting in Texas would make the process harder on voters, cost more money, election leaders say

Currently, more than 80% of Texas voters can vote anywhere in their home county, a model that originated in Lubbock County. If lawmakers approve new legislation, that would change.

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Texas schools say it’s time to stop tying mental health funding to school safety money

Federal pandemic aid helped build public school mental health services in Texas. School officials now brace for the expiration of those funds next year. They’re urging lawmakers to create a dedicated funding stream for mental health assistance in schools.

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Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to veto pared-down school choice bill, warns of special sessions

Abbott says if a school voucher bill isn’t expanded to include more students, a special legislative session will be the result.

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Austin doctors who treated trans kids leaving Dell Children’s clinic after AG Paxton announces investigation

Attorney General Ken Paxton previously announced an investigation into “potentially illegal” activity. Parents are scrambling to find transition-related care for their kids as the Legislature appears poised to ban it altogether.

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After Title 42’s end, Texas DPS pauses Austin patrols so officers can head to the border

Despite no major influx in border crossings, state troopers will be relocated to border cities. Austin and the Texas Department of Public Safety faced criticism for the racial disparities in state trooper arrests in the capital.

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Bill to protect against hairstyle discrimination sent to Texas governor

The CROWN Act would ensure protection for Texans who wear their hair in natural styles such as braids, locs, twists or knots.

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U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw tapped to lead GOP response on Mexican drug cartels

The Houston Republican has alarmed Mexico and Democrats with previous calls for a military response to the criminal organizations.

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TribCast: The scene in Texas as Title 42 lifts

On this week’s episode, we discuss the situation at the Texas-Mexico border and the failed effort to raise the age at which Texans can buy semi-automatic rifles.

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Pivotal House vote moves Texas closer to banning puberty blockers, hormone treatments for trans kids

The House approved a bill Monday that would ban doctors from providing transition-related care to children. It now heads back to the Senate, which can accept the changes or ask for a committee to iron out the chambers’ differences.

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Effort to allow casinos falls short in Texas House

Facing a rigid deadline, gaming supporters were unable to get the supermajority support needed to move the legislation forward.

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Border didn’t see a “major influx” of migrants when Title 42 ended, federal official says

Although migrants lined up by the hundreds in El Paso and other border crossings as the public health order was winding down, a Biden administration official said there wasn’t a rush to the border when Title 42 was lifted.

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Bills by the handful perish as Texas House hits crucial late-session deadline

It was a night of frustration, retaliation and, for some, elation as the stroke of midnight spelled doom for a lot of legislation.

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Bill striking unconstitutional state law that criminalized homosexuality fails to meet critical deadline in the Texas House

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas’ law banning sodomy in 2003. It took almost 20 years for Democrats to get a bill to repeal the defunct ban on the House calendar.

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Title 42 ends with migrants lined up and border cities braced for the unknown

Long lines formed again next to the border wall in El Paso — a scene repeated in other parts of the southern border — as migrants anticipated the end of a policy that has allowed immigration agents to quickly expel them.

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U.S. House passes border bill shaped by Texas Republicans as Title 42 ends

The Secure the Border Act would resume construction of the border wall, limit asylum eligibility and require asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico. It faces tough going in the Senate.

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Texas House passes ban on devices that modify handguns, but averts vote on increasing age to buy semi-automatic rifles

A Texas lawmaker introduced an amendment that would have revived a proposal to raise the minimum age to buy certain semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 before it was ultimately withdrawn.

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Texas sends more buses with migrants to Washington, D.C., the day before Title 42 is set to end at the border

As the Biden administration prepares to end the Trump policy that quickly expels migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, Gov. Greg Abbott orders two more buses to take migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence.

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Clash of styles as Colin Allred prepares to challenge Ted Cruz in 2024 race

The Dallas native, former NFL linebacker and civil rights lawyer has not traveled a typical path to Congress.

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Abortion bills gain little traction as Texas Legislature turns its attention to LGBTQ restrictions

Texas’ abortion laws look likely to remain about where they were at the beginning of the legislative session, as key deadlines pass without any movement on abortion-related bills.

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In dramatic vote, Texas House approves online sports betting measure

A resolution to let voters decide whether to legalize casino gambling, however, was delayed for a day while supporters worked to find enough support for passage.

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