In the waning hours of Texas’ 87th legislative session, House Democrats staged a walk-out to kill a sweeping Republican effort at voter suppression. Little-noticed in the moment, the dramatic move also nixed a top priority of the business lobby for the last three years: a measure to stop Texas cities from passing virtually any local pro-labor […]

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Again, Texas Republicans fail to gut local labor protections

Bills restricting abortion, including one that bans procedure as early as six weeks, get initial Texas Senate OK

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick awards committee chair to Texas senator who previously faced sexual harassment allegation

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