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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick names private school vouchers as his top legislative priority. By James Barragán Nov. 8, 2024. School voucher supporters say they have the votes to get a bill across both the ...
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2 days ago · By Jasper Scherer, Zach Despart and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica Nov. 6, 2024. The former president captured 55% of ...
Texas ignored Medicaid enrollment guidance and ... - The Texas …
Sep 26, 2024 · The most important Texas news, sent weekday mornings. But Texas opted for speed, launching reviews of about 4.6 million cases in the first six months. It also decided against the more vigorous use ...
Texas law could upend immigration enforcement nationwide | The …
Oct 24, 2024 · If it survives in court, Texas’ immigration law could upend immigration enforcement nationwide. Texas challenged federal supremacy by creating a state crime for illegal entry into the U.S. The ...
Ruling on Texas vote harvesting law temporarily blocked | The …
Sep 28, 2024 · Texas can investigate people for alleged vote harvesting as legal battle over 2021 law continues playing out. A federal judge had ruled Senate Bill 1 unconstitutional, but an appeals court says ...
Texas has spent $11 billion on border security. Is it working? | The ...
Apr 22, 2024 · The recent trend comes three years after Abbott began flooding the Texas-Mexico border with state troopers and National Guard soldiers through Operation Lone Star. Since then, the state has ...
Texas likely inflated number of noncitizens on voter rolls | The …
Oct 15, 2024 · An investigation by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat, however, found that the governor’s claims about noncitizens on the rolls appear inflated and, in some cases, wrong. The secretary ...
Longshoremen strike: How Texas’ economy could be affected
Sep 30, 2024 · Texas’ economy could take a hit if Houston dockworkers’ strike persists. Workers who load and unload shipping containers from cargo ships are at an impasse in labor contract negotiations. By ...
Inside the political fight to bring down Texas housing costs | The ...
Oct 28, 2024 · The Austin City Council meets on Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Austin. Maria Crane/The Texas Tribune. Texas’ high housing costs sparked a movement to bring them down. The fight could shape the state ...