There is no word yet on what impact, if any, the shooting will have on the final weeks of the Texas Legislature. The Republican majorities in both the Texas House and Senate don't support increasing gun restrictions in Texas. Gov. Abbott was asked about guns on Fox News Sunday morning. ...
Abortion April 10, 20250 Pro-Life Budget Amendments – 89th Legislature On Thursday, April 10, the Texas House will consider, debate, and vote on CSSB 1,… Abortion March 26, 20250 Urgent: Pro-Life Bills Thursday Can you come to Austin this Thursday? Lawmakers just announced a hearing on...
The bills will now head to the full House for consideration. Apr 5 Trans Red Oak ISD teacher says she had to resign after viral video Rosalyn Sandri said her small amount of joy twisted into something she never saw coming. Apr 15 Show More CBS...
Positive momentum aside, the bills still have a long road ahead. Were they to pass the House, they would face the Senate and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who has not been a strong proponent of legalizing sports betting in the Lone Star State. According to the Texas Sports Betting Allian...
Texas Legislature Passes Two Bills Affecting Personal Injury and Wrongful Death LitigationScheve, Stephen
When the reform-minded 1973 Legislature enacted the Texas Public Information Act, known then as the Open Records Act, it established one of the nation’s strongest transparency laws. This year marks its 50thanniversary. Court rulings and other actions have weakened the law since its passa...
…Texas’s legislature has just trimmed its $188 billion two-year budget by 8 percent, and the state may have more revenue than it can legally spend because it is barred from raising outlays more than the rate of economic growth. Here’s a very good Steve Breen cartoon about Perry’s ...
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...
Felony Penalty and Education Requirement, Fee Increase, and Online Notarization Bills May 9, 2023 C.S.H.B. No. 3657 establishes education requirements for appointment and reappointment as a notary public, an expanded retention period for notary records, and a criminal offense …Read More » ...
Ad "Bills that move through the legislative process, regardless of whether they are passed into law, legitimize anti-vaccination beliefs and rhetoric and undermine science," the authors wrote. "Even more concerning is the fact that legislators, in attempts to be perceived as balanced, have given...