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For Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is a legacy-defining test

In the lead up to Tuesday’s trial, Patrick has been under tremendous scrutiny and pressure as Paxton allies and opponents search for signs of which way he may be leaning

The Texas Tribune

Despite Setbacks, Activists Score Victories in Texas Fight Over Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuel Industry

Following watchdog's advice, senators shrink tax giveaway program for oil and gas.

Capital & Main

Paxton lawyers seek to disqualify 3 Democratic senators as impeachment jurors

The motion asks Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to block the senators from voting on articles of impeachment, arguing that past statements critical of the attorney general show unacceptable bias.

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Historic Boston church where the Revolution was sparked to host its first play

The historic Boston church where the American Revolution started is taking on a new role

The Independent UK

Cars registered in Texas after 2025 will no longer need to pass a safety inspection, but owners will still pay the fee

Cars in some of Texas’ larger counties will still be required to have their emission output checked.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Legislature passes bill to offer new moms a year of Medicaid coverage

The Texas House and Senate voted for the proposal, capping a yearslong effort to extend coverage for low-income moms. Medicaid covers half of all births in Texas, and coverage currently expires after two months.

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Texas Senate passes new economic incentive program to lure businesses to the state

Lawmakers hope to hammer out a program to replace the embattled Chapter 313 program before the legislative session ends Monday.

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Texas Senate OKs extending postpartum Medicaid — with an anti-abortion amendment

New moms will be able to keep their health insurance for a full year under a proposal the Senate passed Sunday. A last-minute anti-abortion amendment means the bill will go back to the House.

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Economic incentives clear Senate committee as negotiations continue

Lawmakers are trying hard to come up with an agreement on how to replace an embattled 20-year tax abatement program for big companies that expired in December.

The Texas Tribune

Transgender Texans of all ages could lose access to transition-related care under Senate bill

The Senate advanced a bill that could create such high financial risks for doctors and health insurers that they’d stop providing or covering gender-affirming care — even for adults.

The Texas Tribune

‘We Are in a Crisis’: Texas Public Schools on the Edge

Vouchers and property tax cuts strike at a public school system already hemorrhaging hard-working employees.

Texas Observer

A $10B natural gas backup power plan advances in Texas Senate

AUSTIN, Texas – A $10 billion fleet of natural gas power plants for emergency use moved forward Monday in the Texas Senate.

Tribune News Service

Texas Senate passes $16.5 billion package to lower property taxes

The proposals target the taxes homeowners pay and require school districts to lower their tax rates.

The Texas Tribune

To prevent gun suicide, states consider allowing people to deny themselves a gun

As lawmakers and mental health advocates wrestle with how to stop the avalanche of suicides by firearm in this country, some are looking to a novel idea at work in a handful of states: Register yourself as a suicide risk so you can’t buy a gun on a whim.

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These bills could reshape Texas elections, voter fraud penalties

AUSTIN, Texas — Elections have remained a hot button issue among Democrats and Republicans amid continued concerns about election security stoked by a rise in misinformation and disinformation that arose with the election of former President Donald Trump in 2016.

Tribune News Service

New legislative push begins to end Confederate Heroes Day as an official Texas holiday

AUSTIN, Texas — Two days after the country celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, stood inside the state Capitol and reminded those in attendance that Texas would soon celebrate a holiday honoring the Confederacy.

The Texas Tribune

Texas lawmakers want to end state holiday commemorating Confederate veterans

For the third straight legislative session, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, has filed a bill to end Confederate Heroes Day as a state holiday.

The Texas Tribune

Texas GOP lawmakers warming to opioid harm-reduction policies they once opposed

Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans have expressed support for legalizing fentanyl test strips, which help users identify whether the drugs they are planning on taking contain the deadly synthetic opioid.

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Texas lawmakers target property taxes, election fraud and transgender people in new legislation ahead of 2023 session

Thousands of bills are expected to be filed for the legislative session that begins in January. Lawmakers are expected to have a budget surplus when they return to Austin.

The Texas Tribune

Why Texas Republicans still oppose Medicaid expansion

More than two-thirds of Texans support Medicaid expansion. But on the eve of the midterm elections, the subject is still taboo for the state GOP. Why?

Tribune News Service

Progressive Dallas pastors warn against embrace of Christian nationalism: ‘Not our faith’

DALLAS -- Progressive faith leaders and lawmakers in Dallas are concerned about the rising acceptance of Christian nationalism in the political mainstream, and are warning the ideology will become intertwined with public policy unless it is called out.

Los Angeles Times

Why making 'Glass Onion' scared Rian Johnson even more than 'The Last Jedi'

One of the undisputed hits of this year's Toronto International Film Festival has been writer-director Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."

Salon

TX slashed mental health money, gun laws

The Lone Star State has declared itself a "Second Amendment sanctuary"

The Independent UK

Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws

States with some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor

Daily Record

Teenager who helped victim of domestic violence attacked with machete by her thug partner

Nathan Johnson, 32, assaulted his partner after she had attended a funeral, then used a machete on a teenager, 17, who went to her aid.

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