AUSTIN –A new year means new state laws and Texas is no exception. This time around, 2025 will bring several changes to Texas residents, including the repeal of car inspections, new tax reliefs, and the creation of more county courts to speed up case processings, among other reforms. Duri...
Texaspassed a massive 1,100 bills during its 88th Legislature, and 774 are now in effect. If you aren't well acquainted with these new laws, I can't say I blame you. In fact, many of these laws are unlikely ever to affect you in any way, as they are hyper-local in focus or a...
New Laws Taking Effect in 2024 Texas will have five new laws go in effect on January 1, 2024. These laws cover a wide range of issues like property appraisal values, teacher retirement, license plate changes, vape and e-cigarette marketing and racial and gender inequalities on college campuses...
New Laws Taking Effect in 2024 Texas will have five new laws go in effect on January 1, 2024. These laws cover a wide range of issues like property appraisal values, teacher retirement, license plate changes, vape and e-cigarette marketing and racial and gender inequalities on college campuses...
“In our federal system, the State of Texas is supposed to retain at least some of its sovereignty," Oldham wrote. "Its people are supposed to be able to use that sovereignty to elect representatives and send them to Austin to debate and enact laws that respond ...
The lawsuitasks a federal court in Austin to declare the Texas law unconstitutional. It calls the measure a violation of the Supremacy Clause, which establishes that federal laws in most cases supersede state law. "Texas cannot run its own immigration system,"...
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The new year brings a variety of new laws on taxes and wages — perennial issues for state governments. More than 20 states will raise minimum wages for workers, further widening the gap between state requirements and the federal minimum, which has been static at $7.25 an hour since July 20...
Several Republican governors have backed Gov. Abbott’s efforts, saying the federal government is not doing enough to enforce existing immigration laws. The Supreme Court in 2012 struck down key parts of an Arizona law that would have allowed police to arrest people...
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