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Texas’ $7.2 billion loan program for gas power plants has approved two projects in two years

Experts say the Texas Energy Fund is facing an energy market that makes new power plants more expensive and less profitable.

The Texas Tribune

Texas GOP Says Flood Relief Is Priority. Here’s the Climate Policy They Won’t Pass.

Republican lawmakers have for years refused to engage with precautionary climate resilience and disaster-response measures.

Texas Observer

Democrats lash out as Legislature bans school clubs that support gay teens

Tensions flared and the debate turned personal as Republicans said their bill empowered parents and denied predictions that the ban will endanger children.

The Texas Tribune

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Fossil fuels got a boost from lawmakers aiming to fix Texas’ grid, while renewable energy escaped stricter regulations

The bills will give owners of natural gas power plants incentives to build more capacity, but they don’t go as far as originally proposed to change how electricity is created and sold in the Texas market.

The Texas Tribune

Climate proposals withered at the Texas Capitol this year

Proposals to improve energy efficiency failed. Bills that sought to limit greenhouse gas emissions in Texas were ignored, and legislation to block cities from taking action on climate change passed.

The Texas Tribune

Chinese Americans gather in downtown Dallas to oppose ‘hateful’ state Senate bills

Hundreds of people from North Texas gathered in downtown Dallas Sunday to voice their opposition toward two Texas senate bills that they say are unjustly targeting Chinese Americans.

Tribune News Service

For Republicans, winning Hispanic voters will be a bigger fight than South Texas

Nearly half of Hispanic Texans live in the state’s five largest counties, a voting bloc Democrats cannot afford to lose as they struggle to compete in the state’s vast rural areas.

The Texas Tribune

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Ahead of the 2023 session, Texas lawmakers previewed their objectives. Here are five things you need to know.

Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle talked schools, abortion and guns in advance of next year’s session in a range of panels at The Texas Tribune Festival.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde school shooting quickly renews gun laws debate in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — In the immediate aftermath of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde on Tuesday, some Texas Republicans pushed back against renewed calls for more restrictive gun laws.

Tribune News Service

In-state tuition for undocumented students is unconstitutional, Texas judge rules

DALLAS — A federal judge’s ruling could give out-of-state students access to cheaper tuition at Texas colleges and universities and renew efforts to curb the lower rates for undocumented students.

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