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Texas Launches DOGE-Inspired House Committee, Prioritizing Efficiency Over Firings—For Now

Committee leaders plan to first focus on modernizing state technology systems and auditing agencies, with potential cuts to follow.

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Texas A&M Board of Regents names Glenn Hegar as university system’s next leader

Hegar, who currently serves as Texas comptroller, will replace A&M Chancellor John Sharp in leading the 157,000-student system.

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Texas’ DOGE committee takes inspiration from Elon Musk’s federal operation

The new legislative panel has been tasked to reduce the size and scope of government. But Democrats say they’re not interested in replicating Musk’s slash-and-burn approach.

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Obstacles slow Texas’ effort to improve conditions at substance abuse recovery homes

A new law was meant to uphold standards at homes where substance abusers are trying to rebuild their lives. But compliance is proving difficult.

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Transgender staffer navigates Texas Capitol with guarded care amid growing hostilities

Mo Jenkins is one of only a few openly transgender staffers working in the Capitol as lawmakers are making headway in restricting rights for LGBTQ+ Texans.

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Texas countywide voting bill would allow fewer polling sites

Senate Bill 985 would revise a 2023 law that raised the minimum number of voting locations. County election officials say they’ve struggled to comply with it.

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Texas Senate advances bill to start a $3 billion dementia research fund

The legislation would require voters to approve the $3 billion start-up cost, and then the fund would be maintained at no more than $300 million annually.

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Why a Rio Grande Valley hospital is helping to feed its patients

As the Edinburg facility and others seek to assist people experiencing food insecurity, state lawmakers have more than a dozen bills that could tackle Texas’ food deserts.

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Texas House majority signs on to new bill restricting the use of bathrooms in public buildings by transgender people

House Bill 239, which echoes a bathroom bill that failed in 2017, includes new provisions for shelters and prisons.

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Following Trump’s lead, Gov. Abbott pushes state agencies to end telework

The directive comes as some state agencies have downsized their office spaces after the pandemic forced many employees to work remotely.

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Texas may change how schools select library books. Critics say it could lead to more bans.

Senate Bill 13 would create school library advisory councils largely made up of parents. It would give school boards, rather than librarians, the final say over new books.

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Rep. Greg Casar and Elon Musk bring Texas clash to D.C. stage

From Austin city council to the halls of Congress, this lawmaker has been increasingly critical of Musk, saying the billionaire receives special treatment and has conflicts of interest.

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Part of pro-Palestinian student art exhibit at UNT removed amid antisemitism complaints by state lawmakers

Five GOP lawmakers who targeted the exhibit also called for the cancellation of the “Palestinian Children and the Politics of Genocide” lecture, which is still scheduled.

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Texas Democrats criticize school leaders for being too “nice” about their funding needs

Lawmakers this week listened to testimony on House Bill 2, which would raise schools’ base funding per student by $220 — a figure that falls short of what many Texans say is needed.

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Texas Senate panel advances bill requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms

The committee also gave initial approval to a bill that would allow prayer in schools.

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The Texas Senate wants more — and smaller — starter homes in new neighborhoods

The goal of the new legislation is to help drive down the cost of housing so that more Texans can afford homes.

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Texas measles outbreak fueled by distrust in public health and personal choice

Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died

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Voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families and be open to all students. Those goals might be at odds.

Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block the neediest children from access.

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West Texans, Mennonites at center of measles outbreak choose medical freedom over vaccine mandates

In rural West Texas, measles has sickened nearly 150 people, most of them unvaccinated. A school-age child has died. The virus is spreading among Gaines County’s Mennonite community, where government mandates are not trusted.

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Texas refugee aid group sues to unfreeze $36 million in federal funds

Catholic Charities Fort Worth says that its partners have had to lay off 750 people because of the freeze.

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Texas House and Senate lawmakers have laid out their property tax cut proposals. How do they compare?

House and Senate lawmakers plan to spend at least $6 billion on property tax cuts, but haven't yet agreed on how much relief should go to homeowners over businesses.

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A surge in bee deaths is hurting Texas beekeepers — and could affect the price of produce

Commercial beekeepers in Texas have lost about two thirds of their honey bees since June last year, according to a recent survey.

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Texas A&M System bans drag shows from its universities

The move sparked a new First Amendment fight between students and university administrators.

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Texas leaders defend Black official after lawmaker’s public interrogation of DEI policies left her in tears

The topic was a budget request from a state agency. The exchange grew emotional when a lawmaker pressed for answers about a strategic plan that praises diversity.

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Republican senators threaten not to boost Texas public universities’ funding over DEI ban

In a letter, Sens. Brandon Creighton and Paul Bettencourt said they found “numerous” violations of the law, but didn’t provide specifics.

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