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Who would Texas’ education savings accounts benefit? Tension emerges over who would get money for private school

AUSTIN, Texas – Shinara Morrison drove four hours to stand in the rain outside the Texas Capitol and rally for public money to help homeschool her third-grade son.

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Why the NCAA hosts Final Four, other championships in states with controversial laws

DALLAS — Not long ago, the NCAA was seen as a leader in social activism.

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House panel advances new Texas budget with property tax cuts, teacher pay raises

The proposal recommends spending billions on programs including property tax cuts, teacher pay raises, mental health services and border security. It leaves out requests for pay raises for retired state employees and funding for rent relief and childcare programs.

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Bills call for Texas teachers to be trained to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to students

Texas is attempting to address the fentanyl crisis gripping schools by having staff learn how to administer lifesaving medication.

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In Texas Senate hearing, education savings accounts raise questions about accountability and impact on public schools

More than 380 supporters and opponents signed up Wednesday to testify on the proposal, which would allow parents to use state funds to send their children to private schools.

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Kevin McCarthy's farcical "energy bill"

The new speaker's signature bill is a wasteful giveaway to fossil-fuel companies — that will only drive prices up

Salon

Gov. Greg Abbott organizes “school choice” rally at the Capitol

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has embraced Senate Bill 8, which will get its first committee hearing Wednesday. But House Speaker Dade Phelan hasn’t made school choice legislation a priority.

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Supporters of school choice in Texas seek to sway rural Republicans

DALLAS — Republicans behind an aggressive push for school choice this session are angling to break the bond that previously thwarted voucherlike efforts in Texas: an unlikely coalition of rural Republicans and Democrats.

Tribune News Service

Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15

Police told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle

Salon

A quiet GOP takeover of public education

In "an upfront power grab," Texas Republicans take over Houston schools by force

Salon

“He has a battle rifle”: Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15

In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him, which took more than an hour.

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China's Purchases of U.S. Land Stoke Bipartisan Panic, Just Like Japan's Did In the 1980s

People panicked in the 1980s that Japan's economic largesse posed a grave threat to American interests. Then the market reined it in.

Reason

Texas, Florida push border laws as governors eye presidency

Texas and Florida are being led by tough-talking Republican governors weighing presidential runs as their state lawmakers debate especially strict legislation on border security

The Independent UK

“We just want parity”: Military groups call on lawmakers to give Operation Lone Star troops death benefits

Law enforcement officers who serve on Operation Lone Star get a $500,000 death benefit for their survivors if they die on duty. But National Guard troops on the same mission don’t get a dime from the state for their families if they die.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton pushes court to reconsider injunction halting investigations into affirming care

In the state’s final brief to appeal a September injunction that halted the investigation into Texas parents of transgender children, Paxton argued that individual families must provide evidence of harm from the actions of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

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Senate passes bill opening door for prosecutors to charge fentanyl distributors with murder

Gov. Greg Abbott and state lawmakers have taken a tough-on-drugs approach to the fentanyl crisis, primarily pushing efforts to increase criminal penalties.

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Texas Senate confirms Jane Nelson as secretary of state

Nelson’s former colleagues in the Senate gave her resounding approval, avoiding another embarrassment for Gov. Greg Abbott, whose last three nominations for secretary of state did not receive confirmation.

Salon

Texas GOP's drag "bounty hunter" bill

Lawmakers have introduced six anti-drag bills, including one that would allow people to sue drag performers

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Texas Democrats and Republicans are on the hunt for rare chances to flip seats in 2024

The dearth of competitive down-ballot races could contrast with the last few election cycles in Texas, when multiple congressional seats and state legislative seats drew significant national investment.

Texas Observer

Border Militia Bill Reveals Texas GOP’s Scheme to Expand State Enforcement Powers

Opponents call it a dangerous vigilante move that will get innocent people killed.

Salon

Texas GOP bill: Ban lessons on gender

The bill would create new rules on how gender and sexual orientation is taught

The Independent UK

Texas Republicans propose state immigration police force

Texas lawmakers are proposing legislation that would make it a state felony to cross the border from Mexico illegally and create a new border police force that could deputize private citizens

Tribune News Service

Texas House proposes state border unit, enlisting citizens to help with border operations

AUSTIN, Texas — A bill that would create a Texas Border Protection Unit, allow the governor to declare a migrant “invasion” and let the new border unit enlist the help of citizens was introduced in the House late Friday.

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House unveils bill giving state authority to “repel” and return migrants crossing from Mexico

House Bill 20 by state Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, would test the boundaries of the state’s ability to enforce immigration law, which courts have historically ruled falls under federal purview.

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Texas families would get $8,000 in tax dollars to send students to private school in sweeping ‘parental rights’ bill backed by Lt. Gov.

The bill, which has the blessing of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, will create new rules on how gender and sexual orientation is taught. It will face a tougher test in the House.

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