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This State Program Collects Money from the Deceased. Families Pay the Price.

For nearly two decades, the state’s Medicaid Estate Recovery Program has filed repayment claims against Medicaid recipients after they die, threatening the inheritances of vulnerable Texans.

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Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice won't face charges from person over alleged assault, Dallas police say

Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice won’t face charges from the injured person over his reported involvement in an alleged assault

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Kansas City Chiefs Wide Receiver Faces Charges After Car Crash

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice faces charges after a Texas car crash. He expresses remorse and cooperates with authorities. NFL monitoring cl...

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Rashee Rice apologizes, speaks to police about hit-and-run crash in Dallas

Saturday's hit-and-run crash involved two speeding cars on a Dallas highway. One of the cars that triggered the collision is believed to be registered under the Kansas City Chiefs player's name.

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Rashee Rice’s lawyer issues statement after serious wreck in Dallas

Rashee Rice's lawyer issued a statement on Monday after he was allegedly involved in a serious accident in Dallas, Texas over the weekend.

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U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez wants GOP voters to believe that Mayra Flores is the weaker primary candidate

Gonzalez’ campaign sent mailers to GOP voters suggesting a candidate who has raised no money would be harder to defeat this November than Flores.

The Texas Tribune

Former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson dies at 88

The trailblazing Democrat, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area died on Sunday.

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House, Senate bills at odds over power to boost future funding for Texas school voucher program

The Senate’s Republican bill would let state leaders grow the program by taking money from other agencies without the Legislature’s approval. The House bill would bar the practice.

The Texas Tribune

New state law allows walking on roads when sidewalks are blocked or unsafe

The law restricting pedestrians from walking on roads has been revised to let pedestrians use roadways in certain situations.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M president says she didn’t know about job offer changes that led to professor’s botched hiring

M. Katherine Banks told faculty she was unaware of successive, diminished offers to Kathleen O. McElroy, who was recruited to revive a journalism program. Professors demanded an investigation.

The Texas Tribune

Ted Cruz, Colin Allred prepare for Senate showdown as others plan to join the race

The major contenders in the 2024 Senate race are using the dog days of summer to bolster their campaigns for what’s billed as Texas’ marquee statewide contest.

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.

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Texas Senate passes school safety bill that would require districts to bolster their active-shooter plans

Both chambers have said school safety is a priority this session after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school last year.

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Will Texas’ efforts to dismantle DEI risk NCAA compliance for college sports?

Would college sports be impacted by a Texas Senate proposal to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education?

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Texas Senate approves bill that would ban diversity programs in public universities

The legislation heads to the Texas House, where members have been more muted about the proposal to disband offices, programs and training that foster diversity.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate passes $308 billion budget plan, kicking off high-stakes negotiations with the House

There are $5 billion and several political wedges standing between the House and Senate plans, which now move into conference committee with less than five weeks before session ends.

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Texans may get another sales tax holiday with one major tweak

Cutting sales taxes hasn’t grabbed the attention of Texas legislators looking at a record state surplus. But there are a couple of small consolation prizes in the works for consumers.

The Texas Tribune

Senate budget panel approves $308 billion spending plan with new money for teachers, mental health, juvenile justice

The proposal for the 2024-25 budget cycle includes $142.1 billion in general revenue spending — about $5 billion higher than the proposal approved last week by the Texas House — at a time when lawmakers have a historic $32.7 billion surplus at their disposal this session.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate approves bill barring professors from “compelling” students to adopt certain political beliefs

Critics say Senate Bill 16 is overly vague and will create a chilling effect that will prevent important conversations about race and gender. But Republican supporters say the legislation is necessary to protect conservative students who are self-censoring in the classroom.

Tribune News Service

Texas Senate passes expanded bills to restrict drag, sexual conduct in front of minors

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to two bills that would restrict, and at times criminalize, drag shows and anything else deemed a “sexually oriented performance.”

The Independent UK

Opal Lee, 'grandmother of Juneteenth,' gets Texas portrait

A Texas woman who helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday has become the second Black Texan honored with a portrait on the walls of the state’s Senate chamber

The Texas Tribune

Texas senators seem open to major change in state’s public education funding formula

Senators in the finance committee asked questions Monday about the pros and cons of basing the amount of money that schools get per student on enrollment instead of attendance. Districts say the change could mean millions in additional funding.

Tribune News Service

How Texas senators want to make schools safer after Uvalde

DALLAS — Lawmakers should expand the school marshal program, revisit truancy reforms and allocate more money to campus safety, according to a Senate report on how to make Texas schools safer after the massacre in Uvalde.

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