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Adam Zuvanich

Posted on July 27, 2022 · Texas lawmakers from Houston say the bill was written to allow discriminatory provisions to be removed from real property records only on a property-by-property basis, but they applaud Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth for applying the law more broadly and said it could set a statewide example.

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Sister of Uvalde shooting victim testifies before Texas lawmakers

JAMES BARRAGÁN, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 23, 2022 · Jazmin Cazares, 17, was one of several family members of shooting victims and experts testifying before Texas lawmakers on Thursday. Her sister, Jackie Cazares, 9, was one of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde.

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Posted on June 9, 2022 · More than a dozen Republican lawmakers declined to comment on the possibility of new gun laws, and those who did offered little support.

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Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on June 2, 2022 · The governor’s orders to the Texas House and Senate come as Democrats and gun-reform groups are instead urging lawmakers to immediately return to Austin for a special legislative session addressing gun laws.

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Texas Moving To Exclude ‘Dreamers’ From College Work-Study

MEREDITH HOFFMAN, Associated Press

Posted on May 17, 2017 · Texas legislators are seeking to deny work-study aid to immigrants attending public college under a temporary residency permit, a move that starkly contrasts with a policy enacted 16 years ago that positioned the state as the nation's most welcoming place for foreign-born students.

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Texas Votes To Give Immigration Lockups Child Care Licenses

MEREDITH HOFFMAN, Associated Press

Posted on May 10, 2017 · Texas lawmakers are advancing a proposal to license family immigrant detention centers as child care providers.

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Texas House OKs Letting Adoption Groups Deny Non-Christians

MEREDITH HOFFMAN, Associated Press

Posted on May 10, 2017 · Many state-funded Texas adoption and foster care agencies routinely deny non-Christian, gay, and unmarried applicants on religious grounds — and legislation that got initial approval in the state House on Tuesday is designed to protect them from potential lawsuits from doing so.

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Take That, Washington! Texas Looks To Nullify Federal Laws

MEREDITH HOFFMAN, Associated Press

Posted on April 28, 2017 · Republicans who control Congress and the White House have promised to slash the size of the federal government while easing regulations on guns, the environment and energy production. But in the nation's largest conservative state of Texas, it may not be enough.

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Prison Company Struggles To Get License To Hold Children

MEREDITH HOFFMAN, Associated Press

Posted on April 21, 2017 · A top private prison company is struggling to convince Texas lawmakers to license one of its facilities to hold immigrant parents and their children together — a practice that President Donald Trump's administration recently committed to upholding.

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Texas Getting First Immigrant Center Built Under Trump

MEREDITH HOFFMAN, Associated Press

Posted on April 14, 2017 · A private prison company announced Thursday it has won a $110-million federal contract to build in Texas the first new immigrant detention center under the Trump administration.

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