Texas school voucher bill arrives in House, speaker says proposal has enough support
Top Republicans praised the Texas Senate's passage of "school choice" legislation as the proposal advances to the House where it was defeated in 2023.
Texas House legislators file resolution congratulating Beyoncé on historic Grammy Award wins
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Beyoncé for winning the album of the year, country album of the year, and best country duo/group ...
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Taylor Swift will present at the Grammys. Here's more to know about Sunday's show
Grammy Awards will take place Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The Recording Academy has refocused its aim to ...
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Texas Senate, House unveil budget proposals, each just over $330 billion
The Texas Senate and House filed their respective versions of the 2026-2027 state budget on Wednesday. The two versions are just a few billion dollars apart. Significantly, both versions set aside ...
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Texas lawmakers unveil draft plan to spend billions on teacher raises, vouchers and border security
That’s according to initial draft budgets released on Wednesday by the Texas House and Senate, giving early glimpses of each chamber’s priorities for the legislative session. The Senate’s ...
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Texas Has a Perverse Idea of Religious Freedom
Last year, on Feb. 7, lawyers from the Texas attorney general’s office showed up at Annunciation House — a religious nonprofit founded by local Catholics that provides food, shelter and ...
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Christian extremists turned Texas’ vote for House speaker into a far-right rally
By Ja'han Jones Far-right conservatives took a loss in Tuesday’s vote for speaker of Texas’ House of Representatives. But the story of the day, from my vantage point, was the scenes of ...
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Sheryl Lee Ralph’s secret to a successful marriage? Live apart
Sheryl Lee Ralph is proudly celebrating 19 years of marriage to her husband Vincent Hughes, a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, and part of the secret to their longevity as a wedded couple ...
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Mark Zuckerberg praises Sheryl Sandberg and denies report that said he blamed her for an inclusivity program at Facebook
Impact Link Mark Zuckerberg praised former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg on Friday and ... hardest times of my life and continues to this day." Representatives for Sandberg declined to comment when ...
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Texas HB 1709: The AI Law Every Employer Needs To Know About
Texas House Bill 1709 (HB 1709), introduced as the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, establishes one of the most comprehensive frameworks for regulating artificial ...
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Chances 'bleak' that Texas Legislature supports casinos and gambling, experts says
Legalized sports betting legislation made it further than ever during the 2023 session, garnering the required two-thirds majority vote of the Texas House of Representatives — but the Texas ...
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Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock elected as Texas House Speaker
AUSTIN — The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep ... with Dustin the past three sessions and Representative Burrows is a rock-solid conservative.