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Senators, who will sit as a court of impeachment for the suspended attorney general, spent Tuesday meeting in private and will return Wednesday morning.
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The school board approved a plan that will place at least two peace officers at the district’s high school and at least one officer at middle and elementary schools. The Eanes ISD superintendent said the district would rather have trained police on campuses than armed teachers or other school staff.
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Legislators passed a bill that requires courts to report certain involuntary mental health hospitalizations to the federal gun background check system. Many other measures that could restrict firearm access got little traction.
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Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar on Monday filed criminal charges over the Florida governor's operation to fly dozens of migrants from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard under false pretenses.
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All five House Republicans from Collin County, which has long been a party stronghold, said in a joint statement that there was enough evidence to impeach the attorney general.
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The rules require executives to work in the office five days a week, and non-executives to work three days. Previously, departments had their own remote work policies.
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The Texas Legislature just gaveled out of their regular session Monday … and then right back in for a special session. If you’re wondering what’s going on (and what it all means), here’s a guide on what to expect from Texas politics this summer.
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Army veteran Denise Gordon questioned whether it makes any sense for lawmakers from the second-largest state in the country and one of the largest economies in the world to meet so infrequently.
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Austin fended off legislative volleys targeting Project Connect, trees, Austin Energy and land-use this session.
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John Scott will take over the role as the state’s top attorney following the suspension of Ken Paxton, who was impeached by the Texas House on Saturday.
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Along with property taxes, lawmakers have been tasked by Gov. Greg Abbott to revisit two key border and immigration proposals that didn’t make it to his desk during the regular session of the Texas Legislature that ended on Memorial Day.
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Texas is on its way to being the latest — and largest — state to leave a bipartisan data sharing partnership that states across the country use to cross check their voter rolls.