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Texas Republican files bill to let pregnant women use HOV lane by counting fetus as passenger
The bill was introduced by a conservative firebrand once labeled one of Texas' 'worst legislators.'
By Michael Karlis
Tags: Texas News, Texas, legislator, legislative session, bill, HR 521, Republican, Briscoe Cain, pregnant women, HOV lane, unborn, fetus, abortion, out of state, Brandy Bottone, politics, news
Paxton targets GOP judges after they strike down his powers on election fraud
By Justin Miller, The Texas Observer
Tags: Texas News, Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, Steve Bannon, Texas Criminal Court of Appeals, election fraud, voter suppression, voter fraud, right wing, Republicans, Gov. Greg Abbott, Steve Hotze, Mike Lindell, War Room podcast, district attorneys, counties, Texas, Texas Republicans, securities fraud, Briscoe Cain, Texas Legislature
The Texas election bill contains a new obstacle to voting that almost no one is talking about
By Jessica Huseman, Votebeat
Tags: Mail-in ballots, mail-in voting, vote by mail, uncounted votes, rejected votes, social security number, drivers license number, Texas Legislature, voting rights, voter suppression, election bill, Charlie Geren, Jacey Jetton, Matt Shaheen, Tammy Patrick, Democracy Fund, ID mismatches, ID checks, curing ballots, Gov. Greg Abbott, Bryan Hughes, House Elections Committee, Briscoe Cain, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, elections officials, Chris Davis, Williamson County, Texas House, Dade Phelan, Andrew Murr, State Affairs Committee, Enrique Marquez, Jim Crow 2.0
After drastic changes made behind closed doors, and an overnight debate, Texas Senate approves voting bill
By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas, voting, voter suppression, voting bill, Texas Legislature, Texas House, Texas Senate, Senate Bill 7, SB 7, Bryan Hughes, Briscoe Cain, Beverly Powell, Terry Canales, Gov. Greg Abbott, Harris County, minority voters, people of color, voting rules, Democrats, Republicans, Borris Miles
Texas lawmakers poised to pass sweeping voting bill to restrict voting hours and change election rules
Tags: Texas, voting, voter suppression, voting bill, Texas Legislature, Texas House, Texas Senate, Senate Bill 7, SB 7, Bryan Hughes, Briscoe Cain, Beverly Powell, Terry Canales, Gov. Greg Abbott, Harris County, minority voters, people of color, voting rules, Democrats, Republicans
Assclown Alert: Stirring the shit with Texas State Rep. Briscoe Cain
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: Texas, Assclown Alert, Briscoe Cain, Republican, State Representative, Tea Party, Deer Park, Senate Bill 7, House Bill 6, voting bills, voting rights, voter suppression, voter restrictions, Republicans, Texas Legislature, Texas House, Texas Senate
Despite natural gas failures during winter storm, Texas lawmakers target renewable energy in the aftermath
By Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune
Tags: renewable energy, Texas, Texas Legislature, Texas politics, power outages, winter storm, Advanced Power Alliance, Amazon Web Services, Google, Rice University, University of Texas at Austin, renewables industry, Briscoe Cain, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, Nathan Johnson, SB3, Senate Bill 3, Texas Senate, wind turbines, energy industry, oil and has industry, Greg Abbott, Dade Phelan, Dan Patrick, S
Texas Republicans begin pursuing new voting restrictions as they work to protect their hold on power
Tags: Voting rights, voting restrictions, Republicans, GOP, Texas, Garnet Coleman, Senate Bill 7, Senate Bill 8, Drive-thru voting, poll watchers, Briscoe Cain, mail-in ballots, mail-in voting, Texas Republicans, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, Texas politics, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Civil Rights Project, Jared Patterson, Paul Bettencourt, Brennan Center for Justice, voter suppression, Donald Trump, election fraud
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott backing bills that would stymie expansion of voting access
Tags: Greg Abbott, Texas Governor, Mail-in Ballots, voting access, Stacy Abrams, Harris County, MOVE Texas, Briscoe Cain, 2020 election, election fraud, election integrity, voter suppression, poll access, vote by mail, mail-in voting, texas politics, Texas Legislature, voting rights
Assclown Alert: Texas rep who tried to reverse Biden's fair win picked to chair elections committee
Tags: Assclown Alert, Briscoe Cain, Dade Phelan, Texas, Texas politics, Trump, Donald Trump, election fraud, Beto O'Rourke, Twitter, social media, tea party, Joe Biden, House Elections Committee, election integrity, Texas Monthly
Texas among the states where lawmakers have filed the most bills to restrict voting access
Tags: Brennan Center for Justice, voter suppression, Texas, Texas legislature, voting security, voter fraud, voter restrictions, mail-in ballots, early voting, Briscoe Cain, drop boxes, Democrats, Republicans, Allen West, Texas Republican Party, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Missouri, New York University Law School
Despite insurrection, there may be more guns in the Texas Capitol this session
By Sami Sparber, The Texas Tribune
Tags: San Antonio News, Texas Capitol, firearms, guns, second amendment, National Conference of State Legislatures, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, U.S. Rep. Van Taylor, U.S. Rep. Randy Weber, metal detectors, capitol riot, capitol insurrection, Michigan Advance, Briscoe Cain, Texas State Rifle Association, NRA, Carol Alvarado, Dade Phelan, Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick
Texas Republicans are angry at big tech’s reaction to U.S. Capitol siege. But few mention the GOP’s role in sowing election misinformation.
By Duncan Agnew and Bryan Mena, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Big tech, Silicon Valley, texas politics, Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, capitol riot, insurrection, Parler, Dan Patrick, Twitter, Jack Dorsey, misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google, Briscoe Cain, Freedom of speech, First Amendment, Communications Decency Act, Donald Trump
The Mendoza Line: Dominatrices will manage security during 87th Texas Legislature
By Corbin Mendoza
Tags: Satire, Texas politics, texas legislature, Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, governor, Texas State Capitol, BDSM, dominatrix, dominatrices, Freedom Caucus, Briscoe Cain, Austin Police Department, police department funding
Key Texas House leader says Capitol occupancy may be limited in upcoming legislative session
By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas Capitol, Texas House of Representatives, Pandemic, COVID-19, covid 19, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, Texas Legislature, legislative session, safety precautions, Charlie Geren, Professional Advocacy Association of Texas, Dade Phelan, Greg Abbott, Briscoe Cain, Jon Rosenthal, texas politics
Ominous Message to Beto O'Rourke Only the Latest Twitter Dick Move by Man Once Dubbed Texas' 'Worst Legislator'
Tags: Briscoe Cain, Texas legislature, beto o'rourke, threat, AR-15, worst legislator, Texas Monthly, Twitter, assault weapons ban, twitter threat
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McCombs dealership Native American statue now at San Antonio-area high school
Post where Austin bartender claims to have spoken with 'Rainey Street Killer' goes viral
San Antonio's iconic Dry Dock Oyster Bar has reopened and is now BYOB
By Nina Rangel
Cost of living comfortably in San Antonio jumped 43% from last year
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By San Antonio Current Staff
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