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How NASA Astronauts Vote From Space

Posted on November 5, 2018 · Texas implemented a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to cast their ballots from space.

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Republican-led Texas House impeaches state Attorney General Ken Paxton

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on May 27, 2023 · The House voted 121-23 to suspend the attorney general and refer him to the Senate for trial on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction. It was the first such impeachment since 1975.

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As Texas legislative session nears end, Republican lawmakers try one last push against renewables

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Posted on May 26, 2023 · Proposals considered damaging to Texas’ wind and solar sectors, many of which had been introduced in standalone bills earlier in the session but failed to win enough support to become law, have now been resurrected and added as amendments to a make-or-break piece of legislation to continue the operation of the state's Public Utility Commission.

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Despite budget surplus, Texas Legislature makes little money available for prison air conditioning

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

Posted on May 26, 2023 · Stifling heat has killed inmates and exacerbated employee turnover in Texas prisons. But funding for air conditioning was whittled down in the draft budget released Thursday.

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Whitmire-backed bill requiring arbitration between Houston and its firefighters on verge of becoming state law

Posted on May 24, 2023 · Senate Bill 736, sponsored by Houston mayoral candidate John Whitmire, would help bring resolution to a longstanding labor dispute between the city and its firefighters. The bill passed the Texas Senate and House and now needs a signature by Gov. Greg Abbott to immediately become state law.

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