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With no deal on property taxes in sight, Abbott hints at multiple special sessions

The governor stands behind his support of the Texas House tax plan despite Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s insistence that the Senate has a better deal for homeowners.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not receive his $153,750 salary during suspension

Following Paxton’s impeachment on Saturday, Gov. Greg Abbott appointed former Texas Secretary of State John Scott to serve as the state’s top attorney.

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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.

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Texas lawmakers allocated more than $2 billion to increase the state’s water supply and reduce flooding

Texans across the state are affected by declining water supplies, water infrastructure disruptions and flooding in their communities.

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Ron DeSantis plans 3-day fundraising swing through Texas next week

The Florida governor’s events in six cities are drawing some of the state’s biggest Republican donors.

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Abbott backs Phelan’s property tax cut plan, spurring ire from Patrick

The House passed a bill without Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s preferred increase to homestead exemptions — then abruptly adjourned for the special session. That basically tells the Senate to take the House bill Gov. Greg Abbott backs or leave it.

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Utah Rep. Chris Stewart planning to resign, report says - Roll Call

Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, plans to resign as soon as this week because of his wife's illness, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

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In first session after Dobbs ruling, Texas lawmakers provide more support for pregnant and parenting college students

Now that Texas has a near-total ban on abortion, lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are trying to make sure colleges are serving students who are pregnant or have children.

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75 years, 10 mayors: How Sun-Times coverage of City Hall evolved

The newspaper has praised and scourged the city’s chief executives for three-quarters of a century.

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Ken Paxton impeachment fight exposes deep fissures among Texas Republicans

As the 88th Legislative Session came to a close, longstanding divisions between traditional conservatives and party’s far right came into focus.

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“I’m here to watch history”: Texans marvel at Paxton impeachment spectacle

The suspended attorney general’s supporters thought lawmakers tried to overrule voters. Ken Paxton’s critics felt accountability was a long time coming.

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An effort to ban faculty tenure in public universities has failed in the Texas Legislature

The state Senate originally passed a bill to ban tenure, but on Saturday it approved the House’s counterproposal, which enshrines tenure in state law.

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Texas Southern University president retires after two years on the job

Lesia Crumpton-Young said she is leaving TSU to help elevate historically Black colleges and universities on the national stage.

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Bill banning trans athletes from competing on certain college sports teams goes to governor

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said he would support legislation prohibiting transgender men from competing on men’s college sports teams and transgender women from joining women’s college athletic teams.

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More Texans would qualify for food stamps under a bill heading to Gov. Greg Abbott

The value of a household’s vehicles disqualified nearly 55,000 people seeking federal food assistance in 2022. House Bill 1287 increases the threshold of car values that lead to SNAP applicants being denied aid.

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Effort to impeach Ken Paxton, led by fellow Republicans, sets off political earthquake in Texas

Republicans have chosen to remain largely silent during years of alleged misconduct and lawbreaking by the attorney general. Now they will have to take a public stand.

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Texas parks officials want to buy Fairfield Lake State Park land after losing their lease

Texas parks officials said they are taking “all necessary steps” to purchase the land and save Fairfield Lake State Park from being turned into a luxury gated community and golf course.

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State budget writers strike deal on $321.3 billion two-year spending proposal

The proposal would leave billions of anticipated tax revenue untouched at a time when the state has more money coming in than lawmakers are constitutionally allowed to spend.

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Texas panel recommends impeaching state attorney general Ken Paxton

Republican-led house unanimously recommended impeaching state’s top lawyer on 20 articles including bribery and abuse of public trust

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Texas has gone big with renewable energy. Why can’t it go all the way?

The biggest barriers to making Texas’ power grid 100% renewable have little to do with politics.

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Ken Paxton dismissed House investigators as partisan Democrats. Their backgrounds suggest otherwise.

A Texas Tribune review of the investigators’ employment history, voting records and campaign donations found a lack of support for the attorney general’s claim.

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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.

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UT-Austin tried to hire a game theorist for its new free-enterprise think tank. He turned down the job because of fights over tenure.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to eliminate tenure, but his attempts have impacted the institute he helped create.

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Editorial: New mayor, new City Council. Perfect time for needed campaign reform.

All’s fair in love, war … and campaigning. At least that’s what some political candidates think.

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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.

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