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Speaker Dade Phelan endorses Medicaid expansion for new mothers, repeal of “tampon tax” in first batch of 2023 priorities

The leader of the state House also threw his support behind bills to crack down on how companies handle private data and to protect children from “addictive algorithms” by digital companies.

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Texas Senate revives effort to make illegal voting a felony

Lawmakers lowered the penalty to a misdemeanor in 2021, but then almost immediately began discussing raising it back.

The Texas Tribune

University of Texas System pauses new diversity, equity and inclusion policies

The system leaders’ decision comes weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to stop considering diversity in hiring. Texas A&M University also recently changed its hiring practices.

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Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will revamp economic development program after property tax incentive expires

Abbott told business leaders in Arlington on Wednesday that Texas is already suffering from the end of the tax-break program, recently losing a “massive” computer chip factory to New York.

The Texas Tribune

What you need to know about education savings accounts, the voucher-like program championed by Gov. Greg Abbott

Texas is the latest state to pitch a version of the program, which lets parents who opt out of their local school districts use tax dollars to pay for private schooling.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott promises to be “heavily involved” in push for education savings accounts

In an interview with the Tribune, the governor also backed criminalizing some health care treatments for transgender kids and shrugged off the idea that he’s in a conservative policy rivalry with Ron DeSantis.

The Texas Tribune

These bills could reshape Texas elections, voter fraud penalties

AUSTIN, Texas — Elections have remained a hot button issue among Democrats and Republicans amid continued concerns about election security stoked by a rise in misinformation and disinformation that arose with the election of former President Donald Trump in 2016.

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Death row inmate who cut out his own eyes seeks clemency after murdering wife and kids

Andre Thomas has languished on death row after stabbing his estranged wife and their two children to death in his hometown of Sherman, Texas, US. He cut out the childrens' hearts

Daily Mirror

Texas death row inmate who cut out his eyes seeks clemency citing ‘psychosis’

Attorneys for a mentally ill Texas death row prisoner, along with faith leaders and mental health professionals are working to stop his 5 April execution, saying he'll never be sufficiently competent to be put to death

The Independent UK

Texas death row inmate who cut out his eyes seeks clemency

Attorneys for a mentally ill Texas death row prisoner, along with faith leaders and mental health professionals are working to stop his April 5 execution, saying he'll never be sufficiently competent to be put to death

The Independent UK

TribCast: Takeaways from Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State speech

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Texas Tribune politics reporters James Barragán and Patrick Svitek about Abbott’s prime-time address.

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Gov. Greg Abbott proposes devoting $15 billion to property tax cuts in budget plan

Abbott’s spending proposals also include spending $750 million on school safety and mental health services and expanding postpartum Medicaid to a year.

The Texas Tribune

Greg Abbott’s ‘State of the State’ Was a Weird, Alarming Infomercial

“I’m speaking to you from the manufacturing floor of Noveon,” announced Texas’ fearless leader to a limited audience before laying out yet another right-wing agenda.

Texas Observer

Texas Gov. Abbott sets priorities in State of the State speech, including fentanyl crisis

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named seven priorities on Thursday that he wants the Legislature to fast-track, singling out property tax relief, school safety, border security and a voucherlike education initiative as top issues.

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The Independent UK

Texas' Abbott uses televised address to target border, crime

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered no hints about whether he might run for president in a rare primetime address

Texas Observer

‘One of the Most Mentally Ill’ Inmates in Texas Is About to Be Executed

Andre Thomas is scheduled to be executed in April.

Texas Observer

The Governor’s Grid Gambit

Texas utility regulators are hawking a costly policy for grid reliability.

Axios

How the 6-week Texas abortion ban is now a blueprint for library censorship

Draft ordinances could lead to Texans suing librarians.

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Cielo Vista Mall workers who survived 2019 Walmart massacre describe horror of latest El Paso mass shooting

Several of the same local residents and workers who survived the massacre at a Walmart in 2019 were at the mall on Wednesday, living through their second mass shooting in the space of less than four years

The Independent UK

El Paso mass shooting: Everything we know about the massacre at Cielo Vista Mall

The Cielo Vista Mall is directly adjacent to the Walmart store where 23 people were killed in a racially-motivated mass shooting back in August 2019

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative action on school choice, property taxes and fentanyl in State of the State

During his biennial State of the State speech, the Republican governor named seven emergency items that lawmakers can vote on immediately.

The Independent UK

El Paso shooting: Anger over Greg Abbott’s ‘meaningless’ response to latest Texas mass shooting

Texas governor receives barrage of criticism after tweeting about shooting incident at Cielo Vista Mall

Salon

Official: Abbott plan would hurt schools

"Maybe that’s one less fourth grade teacher,” the official shrugged

The Texas Tribune

In audio, high-ranking TEA official admits public school funds could drop with voucher-like programs

“School districts, what they have to do if they lose a student, [is] be smart about how they allocate their resources and maybe that’s one less fourth grade teacher,” Steve Lecholop, a TEA deputy commissioner, said in a call with a parent that was secretly recorded.

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Black and Latino lawmakers slam Gov. Greg Abbott for order limiting diversity considerations in hiring

The lawmakers called on major sports organizations to not host championship games in the state until the governor rescinds his guidance to agencies and universities.

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