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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

The top fundraisers in the Texas State Senate

Campaign finance requirements govern how much money candidates may receive from individuals and organizations, how often they must report those contributions, and how much individuals, organizations, and political entities may contribute to campaigns.

Ballotpedia

Texas' proposed China property ban softened as bill is decried at state Capitol

AUSTIN, Texas – More than 100 people, the vast majority Asian American Texans, decried a bill designed to ban Chinese citizens from owning property in the state.

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Texas senators, facing criticism, soften proposed ban on Chinese purchases of land

The measure, endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott, originally would have banned citizens of China, Iran, Russia or North Korea from buying land in Texas. Under a new version considered Thursday, the ban wouldn’t apply to dual citizens or lawful permanent residents.

The Texas Tribune

Lawyers representing children in federal foster care lawsuit rebuked for hiring lobbyists

Texas lawmakers and a federal judge say attorneys in the case against the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services should not hire lobbyists using funds won in court.

The Texas Tribune

New family and child welfare commissioner foreshadows change as agency plans to outsource case management

Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Stephanie Muth told lawmakers Friday the agency will require a different set of skills from its employees as it changes how foster children’s cases are managed.

The Texas Tribune

Mattress Mack (of all people) opposes the Texas sports betting legalization bill supported by Jerry Jones

Texas has an unlikely opponent in the form of the state's most notorious bettor.

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Sports-betting advocates return to Capitol with narrower bill, new Republican author

The Texas Sports Betting Alliance threw its weight behind new legislation Monday to let voters decided whether to legalize online sports betting.

The Texas Tribune

Wanna bet? Texas Legislature to reconsider legalizing casinos and sports betting

Given the stiff headwinds to getting any expansion in gambling passed, sports betting and casino advocates may be competing against each other, rather than working in tandem.

The Texas Tribune

Democrats decry Republican bill banning foreign land investment in Texas as racist

AUSTIN — Democratic state Rep. Gene Wu stood inside the Texas Capitol holding a photo of the childhood home in which he grew up in Houston after emigrating from China.

Tribune News Service

Bill to ban Chinese citizens and government from buying Texas land gains steam among Republicans

Sen. Lois Kolkhorst filed a bill that would ban citizens, governments and entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing land in the state, part of what she and other Republicans have said will help stem foreign influence in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Texas slashes Medicaid for mothers

Republicans in Texas celebrated the overturn of Roe after cutting back postpartum Medicaid extension

Salon

Republican states trying to ban abortion expand health benefits for new mothers

Bills with benefits for low-income mothers don’t counteract bans that would lead to higher risks for maternal mortality, say experts

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