Because voters rejected Proposition Q, which would have generated an additional $110 million, the City Council must make cuts to balance the budget.
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The study looks at abortions received by Texans both in state and out-of-state in the months after Senate Bill 8, a roughly six-week abortion ban, became law in 2021.
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The congressional redistricting Texas Republicans pushed forward this summer didn’t just reshape two of Houston’s most historically diverse districts: It also changed which voters there have the power to choose who will represent them in Washington.
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The longest-ever government shutdown was frustrating and financially painful for Austin's controllers, who've already been grinding through six-day workweeks to keep flights flowing.
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Citing concerns over unfair competitive advantages, the University Interscholastic League passed a rule change that's pending approval from the state's education commissioner.
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The new race and gender policy has garnered condemnation from educational rights advocates, including the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which sent a letter to the board of regents earlier this week arguing that the policy amounted to censorship.
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Beau Whitney, a consultant to the hemp and cannabis industries, said, at a minimum, the new federal ban on THC-containing hemp products will displace more than 40,000 Texas workers and shutter more than 6,300 Texas businesses.
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President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through the end of January, ending the shutdown that has dragged on for six weeks.
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National Weather Service meteorologist Harrison Tran said the best viewing conditions will be after sunset but before midnight.
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