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Texas power struggle: How the nation’s top wind power state turned against renewable energy.

State lawmakers have pushed bills to support fossil fuel-burning power plants and restrict renewable energy development this legislative session.

The Texas Tribune

Texas to enforce immigration laws under bill passed by state Senate

AUSTIN, Texas — A sweeping border security bill that critics say would empower Texas law enforcement officers to enforce immigration laws passed the state Senate on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

From self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to Team Trump and DeSantis: Elon Musk’s curious politics revealed

The Tesla and Twitter tycoon has donated to both parties and proclaims himself ‘neither left nor right’. But his escalating interventions in America’s culture wars tell a different story, writes Io Dodds

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Republican bill requiring display of Ten Commandments in Texas schools fails

Bill which would have required every public school to display text in each classroom condemned by civil rights groups

The Guardian - US

How Greg Abbott met the murders of 21 children and teachers in Uvalde with silence

It’s now been one year since 21 small children and their heroic teachers were murdered in one of the worst mass shootings in US history. It’s also been a year since Greg Abbott began ignoring pleas for action, writes Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK

Plan to house migrants at Chicago college met with boos and support

Far Northwest Side neighbors bitterly shouted down city officials and each other during a divisive meeting convened Tuesday on a plan to house hundreds of migrants at Wilbur Wright College.

Chicago Tribune

A year after Uvalde: What’s changed in school safety and why some still feel powerless

Liz Mulroney felt like it was 1999 all over again.

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Uvalde father warns lawmakers not to pay tribute to his son today

‘I don’t want a single politician who figuratively spit in our faces to mention Uvalde or our kids tomorrow’

The Independent UK

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Red-state attacks on transgender Americans

A year after the murder of 19 students and two teachers at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School, the Texas legislature could be trying to curb the state’s easy access to deadly firearms.

Tribune News Service

Texas Republicans target state’s largest city with voting restrictions

Two laws approved by the house on Tuesday will affect Democratic stronghold of Houston

The Guardian - US

Uvalde school shooting: What we know one year later

Twenty-one people died at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022. The mass shooting and delayed police response spurred calls for stricter gun laws.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate moves to create new immigration enforcement unit, allow state police to arrest for border crossings

The House has already passed the bill, but the two chambers will need to iron out the differences in their versions before it is sent to Gov. Greg Abbott.

The Texas Tribune

Senate priorities on bail, Ten Commandments in schools stall out in Texas House as key deadline passes

The two chambers have been at odds over property tax relief and school choice, but on Tuesday night, those divisions spilled over into priorities the bodies had previously agreed upon.

The Texas Tribune

Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content

Texas would expand what can be defined as sexually explicit material or potentially harmful to children in order to ban books from public and charter school libraries, under a bill given final passage by the state Senate on Tuesday night and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott

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One year after Uvalde shooting, investigation of police response continues

Wednesday marks one year since a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at an elementary school. A probe is ongoing into delays by police entering the school.

The Texas Tribune

Lawmakers try again to bar hypnosis-induced evidence from Texas criminal trials

Despite its tendency to distort memories, hypnosis has been used on witnesses in numerous investigations, including death penalty cases. Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a similar bill in 2021.

Tribune News Service

Texas likely to leave voter fraud program under bill headed to governor for final approval

AUSTIN — Texas is likely to leave a voter fraud protection program that has been beset by conspiracy theories under a bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

Tribune News Service

‘Loss and pain’: Sen. Roland Gutierrez is driven to fight for Uvalde victims’ families

AUSTIN, Texas – Roland Gutierrez is stuck.

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The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate again advances proposed restrictions on lessons about gender identity and sexual orientation

For the third time, the Senate is pushing a proposal critics say will ignore the existence of LGBTQ people in every grade level. Two other bills that contained similar language missed key legislative deadlines.

The Texas Tribune

Abbott, Patrick, Phelan race to negotiate priority issues as deadlines loom

Seeking to avoid a special session, the state leaders discuss school choice, property taxes and grid reform.

Tribune News Service

Texas House passes bill to end diversity, equity and inclusion offices in higher education

DALLAS — In a 83-62 vote, the Texas House passed a bill Monday to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programs from the state’s public colleges and universities.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate passes revamped school funding bill in last-minute bid to implement voucher program

Texas senators have latched education savings accounts to a school funding bill in a last-ditch effort to avoid a special session. But some House members are furious at the revamped version and have vowed not to let it become law.

Tribune News Service

With one week left, Texas’ top leaders make their final legislative push

With one week left in the Texas legislative session, top leaders are making their final push to get their somewhat disparate agendas approved.

The Texas Tribune

As Texas Republican senators march in lockstep, Robert Nichols is willing to break away

Whether it’s supporting a rape exception for abortion or opposing school choice, Nichols has gone his own way on certain GOP priorities.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Going the Ron way: DeSantis’ new immigration law and culture wars will backfire

Ron DeSantis doesn’t just want to run for the presidency, the Florida governor seems to already have declared himself president as he tries to wrest clear federal responsibilities away from the U.S. government with a new Florida law that heavily penalizes employment of undocumented immigrants, gives state officials more authority…

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