The updated comptroller’s report raises the amount of revenue available to the state over the 2024-25 cycle to $194.6 billion.
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The updated comptroller’s report raises the amount of revenue available to the state over the 2024-25 cycle to $194.6 billion.
At the annual conference of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, lawmakers described how government officials fail to meet transparency requirements.
The provision to require an armed person at every school campus was added back into the bill during the negotiation process after the Senate took it out earlier in the session.
Texas took four of the 10 top spots among the nation’s fastest-growing cities, with the Austin metro area overall seeing some of the most significant growth.
Attorney General Paxton and Normangee Independent School District (“Normangee ISD”) announced a settlement with UBS in the amount of $850,000.
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, who cited the Second Amendment in his decision, stayed the ruling pending appeal.
Paxton argued that the Biden rule was contrary to law, arbitrary and capricious, failed to go through certain requisite procedures, and should therefore be set aside by the court.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s office says there’s no plan for a fourth special session at this time.
Lawmakers will return to Austin at least one more time this year to redraw the state's political maps.
The new laws will affect abortion access, social studies curriculum and cities that trim the budgets of law enforcement.
Reynolds is among the Texas House Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., last month to block a state voting restrictions bill.
The agreement also requires significant industry changes that will help prevent this type of crisis from happening again.
Texas employers added 55,800 jobs over the month, marking job growth in 13 of the last 14 months, as the unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 percent.
The Texas House was locked into place Tuesday after the chamber voted to send law enforcement after Democrats who left the state a day early.
Texas Democrats said they are urging Congress again to pass federal voting laws, acknowledging that Gov. Greg Abbott would continue to call special sessions until the GOP elections bill was passed.
A majority of Democrats in the Texas House left for Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon in a bid to again deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass new voting restrictions.
Under the new law, Texans will longer need that licensing to carry a handgun. However, a background check is still required for the purchase of a firearm.
The Senate measure would require major counties hold an election before reducing their law enforcement budgets.
Gov. Greg. Abbott says no public schools or government entities will be allowed to require masks.