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Texas Senate Approves A $250 Billion State Budget — But Questions Remain About How Federal Aid Will Be Used

Shawn Mulcahy, Texas Tribune

Posted on April 7, 2021 · The budget does not factor in over $35 billion in federal aid. Senators said they don't yet know when that money will come in and what strings could be attached.

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Texas Senate Unanimously Passes $5,000 Teacher Pay Raises, Adding Librarians

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune / Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune

Posted on March 5, 2019 · The proposal faces an uphill climb in the lower chamber, with House Speaker Dennis Bonnen saying he prefers to give school districts flexibility on addressing teacher pay.

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Texas Senators Start To Tackle Budget For Public Schools, School Finance

Laura Isensee

Posted on January 24, 2017 · For now, lawmakers still have to deal with the current, complicated system. That includes recapture, where wealthy districts pay money back to the state to share with poor ones.

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After a week’s delay, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick signs bill to increase transparency in public records law

Vianna Davila, Texas Tribune

Posted on June 7, 2023 · Patrick said he had always intended to sign the measure but pulled it aside in response to the House playing “games” at the end of the regular session.

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Political roundup: Presidential field grows while property tax relief stalls

Joshua Zinn / Craig Cohen

Posted on June 7, 2023 · University of Houston Associate Professors of Political Science Jeronimo Cortina and Elizabeth Simas offer context and clarity about developments in local, state, and national politics.

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Ken Paxton impeachment moves to Texas Senate, where conflicts of interest, political intrigue await

Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune

Posted on June 2, 2023 · Senators have been publicly silent, citing their role as jurors with a weighty decision: Whether to remove one of the state’s top Republicans from office.

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Special session maneuvering: political roundup for Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Joshua Zinn

Posted on May 31, 2023 · The Texas House passes what Governor Abbott wants, then promptly adjourns. Where does this leave the Texas Senate?

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