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From the Texas Tribune:House Speaker Joe Straus released his committee assignments Wednesday, including new chairmen for the two high-profile committees…
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Texas lawmakers have filed bills that would protect people who claim that city ordinances, state or federal laws interfere with their religious…
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From the Texas Tribune:With a new lieutenant governor installed for the first time in more than a decade Wednesday — and over the cries of Democrats — the…
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Texas’ new governor and lieutenant governor were inaugurated this morning at the State Capitol. Both delivered remarks, and the two speeches struck very…
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Watch below: The Texas Tribune livestreamed the inauguration of Gov.-elect Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov.-elect Dan Patrick.The daylong ceremony began at 11…
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Several events take place in Austin today as part of the inauguration of Texas’ new governor and lieutenant governor, from a swearing-in ceremony to a…
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Agenda Texas is KUT's weekly report on the Texas Legislative session. Each week we'll take a deeper look into the policies being considered and explain…
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Texas senators have long honored a tradition known as the two-thirds rule, which means two-thirds of the chamber’s 31 members – or 21 of them – have to…
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The 2015 legislative session is upon us. And while there haven’t been any committee hearings or votes yet, lawmakers are already beating the drum on a…
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It's that time of the biennium.The 84th Texas Legislature is just a few short months away, and state lawmakers are already filing their bills for the…