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Texas Republican lawmakers may 'financially handcuff' cities that don't play by their rules
DALLAS — Two years after Texas lawmakers enacted a sweeping law aimed at sapping authority from the state's urban areas, GOP ...
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Texas Senate panel considers bill that would dissolve state lottery
The Texas Lottery is set to automatically expire on Aug. 31 if lawmakers do not pass legislation extending it. State agencies ...
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Texas Lawmakers Step Up Preemption of Local Governments
A bill passed by the state Senate would allow the state attorney general to freeze sales and property tax revenues if a city ...
Texas could recoup up to $800M for border effort under latest House spending bill
Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans have been seeking $11 billion in reimbursements for Operation Lone Star during ...
Texas lawmakers moving to greatly increase control of state universities
Opponents say a bill to end “ideological bias” in higher education would amount to a damaging takeover of public institutions ...
Gov. Abbott signs bill creating a Texas regulation-cutting agency inspired by Elon's DOGE
Now, Texas has its own version of DOGE. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the first bill of the legislative session at the Capitol on ...
Will federal government reimburse Texas for Operation Lone Star? Cornyn says it's likely
Gov. Greg Abbott began seeking an $11 billion payback from Congress shortly after Donald Trump replaced Joe Biden in the ...
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to lead Trump’s commission on religious liberty
WASHINGTON — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has been tapped to chair President Donald Trump’s new commission on religious liberty, ...