Texas Senate leaders signal intent to spend big on border security

The state has spent $4 billion on border initiatives in the past two years, including $40 million to bus migrants out of Texas into Democrat-led cities.

by James Barragán, The Texas Tribune February 4, 2023August 17, 2023

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Texas House speaker addresses prospects of anti-LGBTQ bills, gun legislation and casinos

At the start of his second term leading the lower chamber, Dade Phelan talked to reporters about several legislative issues that will be decided this year.

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune January 13, 2023October 24, 2023

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Texas Senate to ban reporters from chamber floor

The move to take news reporters off the Senate floor was implemented in 2021 as a COVID-19 precaution, but an official said Friday the measure would continue in the upcoming session.

by James Barragán, The Texas Tribune January 8, 2023August 3, 2023

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The majority of Texans support legalizing cannabis for recreational use, according to new poll

According to a Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at Tyler survey, 55% of Texans said they either support or strongly support legalization of recreational pot.

by Sanford Nowlin August 15, 2022April 21, 2025

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Assclown Alert: Calling the Uvalde police response a failure doesn’t let DPS’s Steven McCraw off the hook

It’s telling that State Sen. Roland Gutierrez sued DPS to demand it release information about the law-enforcement response to the shooting.

by Sanford Nowlin June 28, 2022August 25, 2024

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Melissa Lucio’s execution halted by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Acknowledging substantive questions about Lucio’s guilt and the fairness of her conviction, the appeals court blocked her Wednesday execution so the case can be further investigated.

by Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune April 26, 2022May 3, 2024

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Former state Sen. Wendy Davis challenges Texas abortion law in court

Best known for her 13-hour filibuster against another restrictive abortion law, Davis is now suing to block enforcement of Texas’ current ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 20, 2022August 17, 2023

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‘It just keeps on happening’: Texas parents fight legislation targeting their trans children for the fourth time this year

by Allyson Waller, The Texas Tribune September 28, 2021August 17, 2023

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Greg Abbott, Anonymous Hacks Texas GOP: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

by San Antonio Current Staff September 17, 2021January 27, 2025

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Texas Senate leaders signal intent to spend big on border security

Texas House speaker addresses prospects of anti-LGBTQ bills, gun legislation and casinos

Texas Senate to ban reporters from chamber floor

The majority of Texans support legalizing cannabis for recreational use, according to new poll

Assclown Alert: Calling the Uvalde police response a failure doesn’t let DPS’s Steven McCraw off the hook

Melissa Lucio’s execution halted by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Former state Sen. Wendy Davis challenges Texas abortion law in court

Dems Sakai and Minjarez headed to runoff to face GOP’s DeBerry in race for Bexar County judge

Shitty pet owners beware: Texas’ new Safe Outdoor Dogs Act has gone into effect

Gov. Greg Abbott says he wants pot decriminalized but wrongly states what current law says

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs new version of Safe Outdoor Dogs Act, a bill he vetoed in May

Delta-8 retailers and users struggle through an uncertain regulatory environment

Study: new bills in the Texas Lege could cost taxpayers millions to pay for partisan election probes

Bill limiting transgender students’ sports participation moves closer to becoming Texas law

Despite passing restrictive new voting bill, GOP advances more elections rules in Texas Senate

Analysis: In the drive to get new Texas political maps, racial representation takes a back seat

‘It just keeps on happening’: Texas parents fight legislation targeting their trans children for the fourth time this year