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Texas lawmakers want to end state holiday commemorating Confederate veterans

JAMES BARRAGÁN, The Texas Tribune

Posted on January 18, 2023 · For the third straight legislative session, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, has filed a bill to end Confederate Heroes Day as a state holiday.

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GOP-authored bills would increase penalties for illegal voting and limit Harris County’s control over elections

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Posted on March 20, 2023 · Senate Bill 2 would make illegal voting a felony again. Other Republican-authored bills, filed in response to the 2022 Harris County general election, could cost Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum his job.

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Senate unanimously passes a bill defining fentanyl poisoning as murder

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Posted on March 15, 2023 · Houston Senator Joan Huffman authored Senate Bill 645, which would make the manufacture and delivery of less than 1 gram of fentanyl a third degree felony. The crime would rise to a second degree felony if a person dies from an overdose.

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Senate Republicans aim to cut property taxes by a combined $16.5 billion, more than half the state’s surplus

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Posted on March 14, 2023 · Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Senator Paul Bettencourt signaled potential friction with the House over the lower chamber’s proposal to use an appraisal cap to hold down property tax growth.

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Texas Senate passes bill making illegal voting a felony again; bill moves to Texas House

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Posted on March 14, 2023 · Senate Bill 2, authored by Senator Bryan Hughes, would also change the requirement that a person know he or she was voting illegally in order to be charged and convicted.

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