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Texas Senate school finance plan slashes per-student bump, outlines teacher pay raises
Stark differences have emerged between the House and Senate school funding plans. The Senate incorporated numerous of its ...
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Business tax breaks closer to reality after Texas Senate approves compromise
The Texas House must approve changes to the proposal that were brokered by party leaders. It’s part of a package of bills to ...
Bill toughening penalties on drug dealers selling through social media gets backing from Texas House
Senate Bill 1833 was filed following an overdose outbreak near Dallas, in which four teens died from counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl.
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Texas Senate proposal swaps school funding increase for teacher pay boost that favors small districts
Texas school districts’ best chance of seeing a significant increase in per student funding next year now appears unlikely.
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Texas bill to overhaul STAAR test clears the House but faces a skeptical Senate
What this does is remove testing from being the center of gravity for the year the way that it is now,” state Rep. Diego ...
Texas Senate weighs bill limiting universities as public spaces for speech, demonstrations
Sen. Creighton's SB 2972, passed to engrossment Tuesday, reverses the TX 2019 law establishing universities as traditional ...
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Texas Senate committee unanimously approves ‘Trey’s Law’ after testimony
Texas Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously voted for SB-835, adopting the preferred language of witnesses in favor of ...
Here’s where bills stand on schools, taxes, marijuana as TX Legislature winds down
The Senate passed its version of the proposal, Senate Bill 3, in March, but it has since been amended in a House committee.
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Bill to limit out-of-state donations to Texas candidates gets House approval
The bill would cap out-of-state political donations to a candidate or lawmaker to $5,000 for a statewide election, $2,500 for ...
Bans on speakers, masks at campus protests pass Texas Senate
Campus protesters would be banned from using loudspeakers during class hours, setting up encampments and replacing the ...