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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 ...
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Industry Protests Texas Senate Bill That Would Ban Hemp-Derived THC Products Currently Available Across The State
What they’re all screaming about is, ‘We want regulation, but we want it the way we want it.'” By Jasper Scherer, The Texas ...
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Texas Senate bills target nutrition standards in public schools, grocery stores
Senate Bill 314 would ban certain food additives from free and reduced-price meals served in public schools. Senate Bill 25 ...
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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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With Texas facing soaring electricity demand, the politics of energy quietly shift at the Capitol
The Legislature has tried to clamp down on renewable energy resources in the past, but many lawmakers are recognizing the need to support all types of generation to meet record demand growth.
Texas Senate committee advances bill to increase school safety funding to districts
Many school districts have struggled to afford the cost of complying with House Bill 3 from 2023, which requires schools to ...
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Texas senate advances bills to bring Ten Commandments, prayer into schools
Texas lawmakers are considering two bills that would bring religion into public school classrooms, but both proposals could face legal challenges.
Bill filed to expand access to the Texas medical cannabis program
SB 1505 would add more licensed dispensaries, pickup locations and expand the ways cannabis can be taken. Soccer star Sophia ...
Texas Senate panel passes bill to require Ten Commandments in all public K-12 classrooms
"Separation of church and state, that's not in the Constitution anywhere," said state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, who ...
Texas Cuts $6 Billion in Property Tax—How Will They Spend It?
Texas lawmakers agreed to spend $6 billion to lower property taxes but can't agree on who will benefit the most.
Hospital safety bill gets bipartisan support a year after deadly St. David’s crash
More than a year after a drunk driver slammed into St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, killing herself and seriously ...