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Texas House Republicans Enact ‘Call of the House,’ Issue Arrest Warrants for Over 50 Quorum-Breaking Democrats The current special session expires on August 19.
Fort Worth ISD Approves 25 Extra Instruction Days at Failing Campuses Some participating campuses have received failing ratings for five consecutive years.
New Texas Congressional Map Passes House Redistricting Committee Along Party Lines After 15-Hour Hearing The proposal is slated for floor consideration sometime early next week.
Texas ESG Collusion Lawsuit Against BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard to Move Forward A case involving the world's largest asset firms and ESG investing will now move forward.
Texas Senate Passes Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Ban Recent polling shows broad support for the prohibition on government lobbying.
National Democrats Ramp Up Presence in Texas, Opposing Mid-Decade Redistricting Democratic leadership in Congress's political arm plans to put $20 million into Texas races next year.
Brad Johnson Brad Johnson is a senior reporter and managing editor for The Texan and an Ohio native who graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 2017. He covers Texas politics along with a focus ...
Texas House Files Identical Hemp-Derived THC Ban Bill as Senate Both bills ban any THC-containing product other than CBD or CBG from being sold in Texas.
For the last couple of weeks, my heart has ached with my fellow Texans over the flooding in Kerr County, in Burnet and Williamson counties, and in Tom Green County ...
‘Water Pirates’: Texas House Committee Grills Investor Over Exploratory Applications for Groundwater Extraction Legislators indicated a desire to reform the water rule of capture under current Texas ...
As part of their annual budget processes, the City of Kerrville and Kerr County have taken action to have the county tax assessor calculate a new voter-approval tax rate at an 8 percent increase, ...
Texas Legislature Given Second Chance to Eliminate STAAR Test During 2025 Special Session Gov. Greg Abbott is asking the Legislature to eliminate the STAAR test after it failed to do so during the ...