Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases
The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait ...
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Texas Senate passes bill to fund safer railroad crossings after Houston ISD student’s death
Senate Bill 1555, co-authored by a Houston Democrat and East Texas Republican, would create a $350 million grant program to fund grade separation projects at the intersections of railroads and ...
Texas Senate passes bill banning governmental entities from enforcing red flag gun laws
Red flag laws allow judges to order a person's guns to be removed if they are found to be a threat to themselves or others.
Following crash, bill would enhance data on school bus safety
Following a deadly crash in Bastrop in 2024, a Senate bill would tighten requirements for seat belts on buses and enhance ...
Texas DOGE bill passes Senate, heads to House
Texas SB14 would create an efficiency office to streamline state regulations, reduce unnecessary rules and improve public ...
Zero-tolerance or zero consequences? Texas lawmakers debate school discipline
A Republican senator told his colleagues that public schools are serving a “different type of kid today than what there was ...
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Texas Senate quickly passes over half of initial legislative priorities
The bills will now go to the Texas House of Representatives to face another round of scrutiny and revision before potentially ...
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Texas Senate majority unveils bill requiring voters to prove their citizenship
With unanimous Republican support, the Texas Senate appears poised to pass a priority bill requiring Texans to prove their ...
Texas Senate approves bill mandating Ten Commandments in public school classrooms
Another bill, which would have mandated prayer and Bible study time in Texas classrooms, has not yet cleared the Texas Senate ...
Texas senators propose faculty senate limits, curricula reviews. Professors want answers.
As conservative lawmakers seek to limit faculty senates, professors say SB 37 will create fear and invite political ...
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DART funding, grief instruction; 5 legislative updates from DFW-area lawmakers
The Texas Senate has also passed bills that are headed to the Texas House for consideration, many of which are from Dallas-Fort Worth area lawmakers.
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Texas House majority signs on to new bill restricting the use of bathrooms in public buildings by transgender people
The 2025 bill follows SB 6’s restrictions on bathrooms applying to state and county-owned facilities like the Texas Capitol, public schools or agency buildings. The bill would also extend to ...