As the death toll rises after the Central Texas floods, Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says officials owe a thorough investigation to find out what went wrong in warning and evacuating residents.
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Texas DPS said it continues to investigate a threat against state lawmakers who attended a "No Kings" protest in Austin on Saturday, but noted that a man arrested in connection to the threat had not been charged with any related crimes.
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DPS has not released the name of the man, who it said was arrested on a misdemeanor traffic charge Saturday afternoon and taken in for questioning. A gun in the man's possession was seized, DPS said in a Monday afternoon news release.
Programs where governments give cash to low-income people with no strings attached may be permitted to continue in Texas after lawmakers failed to pass bills barring these programs.
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Texas lawmakers have heeded calls from top Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, to file bills to "crack down on squatters."
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These bills would impact renters, not just squatters who never had a right to be on the property in the first place. Senate Bill 38 and its counterpart in the House would make it easier to evict people in the state, including presumably tens of thousands of renters with leases.
Gun-related deaths have risen steadily statewide. But this session, Texas lawmakers have proposed bills that could make it easier to access firearms.
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State legislators and friends of late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner remembered the longtime Houston mayor as a devoted and impactful public servant as his body lies in the Texas Capitol this week.
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Turner, who most recently served as a United States Congressman, died last week at age 70 from enduring health complications. What he left behind was a lasting mark on the state’s largest municipality and a legacy as a Texas lawmaker who consistently pushed boundaries.
Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate filed more than a thousand pieces of legislation Tuesday, offering an early look at the issues they hope to prioritize when they gavel in for the 89th legislative session in January.
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On Monday, former Mayor Sylvester Turner garnered the support of the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's children in his run for her vacant congressional seat.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott Aug. 2 set a special election filling Jackson Lee's seat representing Texas' 18th Congressional District to be held on Nov. 5. Early voting for the position will begin concurrently on Oct. 21.
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