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Texas Senate panel votes to cut property taxes for homeowners

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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.
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Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown

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This year, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature is expected to pick up where it left off two years ago to address a perceived liberal bias at the state’s public, four-year universities.
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$1 billion school voucher bill clears first hurdle in Texas Senate

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A bill creating a $1 billion school voucher program for 100,000 Texas students is on a fast-track for approval in the state Senate.
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Texas Legislature 101: How bills become laws — and how you can participate in the process

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Here’s a rundown of how legislation moves through the Capitol, the ways lawmakers operate and who the power players are. ​Editor’s note: This is an updated version of Texas Tribune’s 2023 guide to the Texas Legislature. Texas’ 2025 legislative session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2. Lawmakers will debate a bevy of issues and […]
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Texas voters say state heading in wrong direction with abortion ban

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A new poll shows that more than half of Texas voters support expanding access to abortion in a state with one of the most extreme bans in the nation.