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New Texas Law Will Allow Students To Take Mental Health Days Off School
...students are about to get the mental health support they deserve! Senate Bill 207, championed by Senator Angela Paxton and State Representative Terri Leo Wilson, is officially headed to the Governor’s desk. CANVA...
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lexingtonleader​.‌com
Sales Tax Holidays for Water-Efficient and ENERGY STAR® Products
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding families and businesses that they can save on the purchase of certain products during the state's Water-Efficient Products and ENERGY STAR® sales ......
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ktbb​.‌com
Vacant offices, strip malls may get new life as housing in Texas’ largest cities
DALLAS — Empty offices, vacant strip malls and warehouses could help solve Texas’ housing affordability crisis after state lawmakers advanced legislation Tuesday. The Texas House gave preliminary approval...
05/21/2025 Online
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Navasota Examiner
Lawmakers agree on $8 billion school-funding package
May 21, 2025 - 05:48 Leaders from the Texas House and Senate have agreed on an $8 billion school-funding package, which is being called the largest in state history, The Dallas Morning News reported. The...
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Comanche Chief
House Committee on Small Business Hosts Small Business Showcase
From Small Business Committee, Small Business Press WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, hosted a Small Business Showcase, where...
05/21/2025 Online
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KDFW Channel 4 - Dallas
Texas House votes on bills requiring 10 Commandments, prayer time in public schools
The Texas House is set to vote on two senate bills as lawmakers push to integrate Christian values into public education. SB 10 would require every public classroom to display the Ten Commandments. SB 11...
Madi Marks, Sergio Flores
05/21/2025 Online
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KEYE CBS 42 Austin
Proposal to clarify when TX doctors can perform life-saving abortions faces critical vote
...clarify when TX doctors can perform life-saving abortions faces critical vote Proposal to clarify when Texas doctors can perform life-saving abortions faces critical vote " was first published by The Texas Tribune,...
Eleanor Klibanoff
05/21/2025 Online
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FOX West Texas
New changes could be coming for Texas bail system
...Author: Ugochi Iloka Published: 6:50 AM CDT May 21, 2025 Updated: 9:12 AM CDT May 21, 2025 AUSTIN, Texas — New changes could be coming for Texas' criminal courts and how judges set bail. Bail reform is...
Ugochi Iloka
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Spectrum News San Antonio
A Texas effort to clarify abortion ban reaches a key vote, but doubts remain
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three years ago, Dr. Austin Dennard left Texas for an abortion after her fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. She later testified in a lawsuit how the state's near-total ban...
Associated Press
05/21/2025 Online
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Office of the Texas Governor
Office of the Texas Governor | Greg Abbott
Texas Leads Nation With Most New Jobs Added Over Last Year May 21, 2025 | Austin, Texas | Press Release More Than 2.5 Million Jobs Added Since 2015 Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas as the...
05/21/2025 Online
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Corpus Christi Caller Times
Another big tax cut for Texas homeowners appears imminent
Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune Wichita Falls Times Record News The Texas House preliminarily approved bills to increase homestead exemptions, potentially lowering property taxes for homeowners. Senate...
05/21/2025 Online
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KRGV (ABC) 5 (Weslaco)
Federal trial opens to determine whether Texas discriminated in redrawn redistricting maps
...2025 May 21, 2025 8:56 AM May 21, 2025 in News Source: texastribune.org By: Sameea Kamal, The Texas Tribune Maps based on the 2020 census designating districts within Texas for state and congressional...
The Texas Tribune, Sameea Kamal
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KRGV (ABC) 5 (Weslaco)
In El Paso, measles is infecting more adults than children
...May 21, 2025 8:59 AM May 21, 2025 in News Source: texastribune.org By: Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune Shoppers on the sidewalk near downtown El Paso on Jan. 15, 2019. Credit: Jorge Salgado for...
The Texas Tribune, Eleanor Klibanoff
05/21/2025 Online
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KRGV (ABC) 5 (Weslaco)
Major energy consumers will face new limits if Texas House approves proposal
...21, 2025 8:55 AM May 21, 2025 in News Source: texastribune.org By: Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Texas' largest energy consumers, like data centers, could face more regulation if the legislature...
The Texas Tribune, Carlos Nogueras Ramos
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88​.‌9 KETR
Sen. Cruz to introduce federal school choice bill
KERA Published May 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz arrives at the Trump Rally at Million Air in Austin on Oct. 25, 2024. Sen. Ted Cruz will introduce a school...
Lorianne Willett
05/21/2025 Online
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KAVU (ABC) 25 (Victoria)
Trump is pushing Republicans to fall in line behind his agenda. Chip Roy could stand in the way
...Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 20, 2025. Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP via CNN Newsource Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll...
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KVIA ABC 7 El Paso
Democrats sound alarm as Trump cuts flood prevention projects in blue states
...for those states by a combined $606 million, according to the analysis, which was shared with CNN. Texas, meanwhile, gained $206 million. Democrats decried the moves, saying the administration was slashing...
05/21/2025 Online
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