HB 18 would ban lawmakers from raising funds while participating in a quorum break. The measure is in response to the Democratic quorum break that unsuccessfully sought to prevent Republican-sponsored congressional redistricting legislation.
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A Texas House panel on Thursday advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test, but not without some Democrats lamenting the changes the lower chamber made to reach an agreement with the Senate.
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After the Texas House passed a new GOP congressional map, Gov. Greg Abbott added three new items to his agenda for the ongoing special session, including punishments for lawmakers who leave the state to block passage of future legislation.
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The congressional redistricting map now advancing through the Texas House would add Liberty County to TX-9, unlike the map under consideration in the Senate. The district has long been represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Green.
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The redistricting map now advancing through the House would add Liberty County to TX-9, unlike the map under consideration in the Senate. The district has long been represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Green.
A Fort Worth lawmaker said on Monday that she can't leave the Texas House chambers because she won't agree to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers, which the GOP speaker is requiring of Democrats who fled the state.
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Collier, who left the state as part of a Democratic quorum break during the first special legislative session, said she won't sign a "permission slip" to leave the chamber, which would require accepting round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers.
Some survivors of the Kerr County Flood said they feel like political pawns – caught in the middle of lawmakers’ games – while they desperately need relief.
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Gov. Greg Abbott’s press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, said Abbott had deployed all the resources available to him to support the communities impacted by the flood, but that additional funds would need legislative approval.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released his second special session proclamation moments after the state legislature officially called its first special session to a close. The governor told lawmakers to begin work Friday afternoon.
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Gov. Greg Abbott released his second special session proclamation moments after the state legislature officially called its first special session to a close. The governor told lawmakers to begin work Friday afternoon.
In a Houston neighborhood near the city’s port, residents worry their problems — and their votes — will be unheard if Texas state lawmakers go ahead with a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan.
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Denver Harbor in Houston’s East End would shift from the long-Democratic 29th Congressional District into a new 9th Congressional District — which would be more compact and still majority Hispanic, but it would tilt Republican.
Mathrubhumi English
Houston Public Media
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