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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.

Tags 88th Texas Legislature Confederate Heroes Day confederate holiday House State Affairs committee jarvis johnson

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Bill To Prevent Texas Cities From Banning Natural Gas Heads To Governor’s Desk

Mose Buchele, KUT

Posted on May 5, 2021 · With the support of the natural gas industry, Oklahoma and Louisiana have already preemptively passed laws to ban local natural gas bans.

Tags amazon austin beaumont general electric goldman sachs greg abbott hb 17 house bill 17 House State Affairs committee joe deshotel natural gas ban

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House Committee Advances Scaled-Down “Sanctuary Cities” Bill

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 13, 2017 · The latest version of the Texas Legislature’s bill to outlaw "sanctuary cities" in Texas is a scaled-down version of what the state Senate passed out in February.

Tags 'Sanctuary City' Bill House State Affairs committee Senate Bill 4

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Senate unanimously passes a bill defining fentanyl poisoning as murder

Andrew Schneider

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.

Tags 88th Texas Legislature drug abuse drug overdose drug trafficking fentanyl Opioids State Senator Joan Huffman Texas Governor Greg Abbott

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

Andrew Schneider

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.

Tags 88th Texas Legislature budget surplus Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick property tax reform property tax relief State Senator Paul Bettencourt State Senator Tan Parker

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

Andrew Schneider

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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Bettencourt, Cain, and Schofield seek to abolish Harris County Election Administrator’s Office

Andrew Schneider

Posted on March 8, 2023 · State Senator Paul Bettencourt and State Representatives Briscoe Cain and Mike Schofield have filed identical bills that would force counties with more than 1 million residents to eliminate the appointed office, handing its functions over to elected officials.

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