The law clarifies that Texas notaries have the authority to conduct depositions, which could make certain legal processes, like signing documents or sworn statements, more efficient and less dependent on specific court personnel. Where can I view other bills that passed? You can view all bills pa...
Like previous bills from past sessions, the bill would create "education savings accounts" that incentivize pulling students from public school to attend private schools. The bill would create education savings accounts from taxpayer money for families who are interested in private education over public...
Smoking marijuana is illegal in Texas, but could that change? AUSTIN, Texas - Smoking Marijuana is illegal in Texas, but could that change? Nine new bills were introduced Monday ahead of the January 2021 legislative session. "This may be the first time in the Texas Senate, that a bill has...
North Texas Public Broadcasting’s KERA-FM Dallas, Texas, reported on February 25 about a program passed by the city council that will grant low-income Dallas residents up to $10,000 per household to repair home damage caused by the winter storm. The total funding available is $2 million,...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named school choice a top priority in the 2023 legislative session. Both the Senate and Houseintroduced bills that would create education savings accountsfor students to use on private school tuition or alternative schooling and other education-related costs. But, at the e...
The race for Texas Speaker is heating up. The Speaker of the House selects committee chairs and influences the bills that can get passed in the chamber. Members of the public don't vote for the Speaker — but members of the Texas House do. ...
Voucher bills have failed in Texas, most notably, last year, when 21 House Republicans voted against expanding school choice as part of an education-funding bill. …Abbott spent an unprecedented $8 million of his own campaign funds to support pro-voucher candidates. …AFC Victory Fund’s CEO ...
(Reuters) - The Texas state Senate passed six laws intended to restrict abortion on Tuesday, including one that, if approved by lawmakers in the lower chamber and signed by the governor, would prohibit the procedure once a fetal heartbeat was detected. The half-dozen bills mark the la...
It also requires health-care providers to perform such procedures in states where the practice has been banned, including in Montana and Texas. Their state legislatures passed bills their governors signed into law prohibiting “gender transition” procedures from being performed on minors in their sta...
House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger, R-Texas, arrives as House Republicans meet behind closed doors to determine how quickly lawmakers can wrap up this fiscal year’s final set of spending bills and passed to avoid a partial government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, March 20...