STATE LEGISLATURE
What Ever Happened to Ethics Reform?
| March 10, 2025
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The House speaker battle wasn’t really about cleaning house.
VIDEO: Texas lawmakers push for toll road reform
| March 6, 2025
Texans are feeling trapped by toll roads, and state lawmakers are taking notice. Nearly 20 bills have been proposed to reform the system, including caps on fees, decriminalizing toll fee violations, and letting the community decide where and when new toll roads are built.
Texas Senate panel votes to cut property taxes for homeowners
| February 11, 2025
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A Texas Senate committee on Tuesday quickly and unanimously advanced a proposal to provide billions of dollars in tax breaks to homeowners in a bid to blunt the state’s high property tax bills.
Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight savings time.
| February 10, 2025
Texas lawmakers are reviving efforts to eliminate the decades-long practice of changing the clocks twice a year.
A closer look at Greg Abbott’s Top 7 legislative priorities
| February 5, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott laid out an ambitious legislative agenda during his State of the State address, including school vouchers, teacher pay, and property taxes.
VIDEO: Here’s how Republicans want to undercut vaccines in Texas
| February 3, 2025
Parents in Texas can already opt their children out of vaccines and private employers can’t mandate vaccines for their workers. But Texas Republicans aren’t satisfied. Lawmakers have proposed dozens of bills that would make it easier for parents to opt their children out of vaccinations, cast doubt on whether vaccines are effective, and give the […]