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LGBTQ+ rights activists on May 2, 2023, protest Senate Bill 14 on the second floor of the Capitol Rotunda as American Principles Project members pray on the first floor. SB14 banned gender ...
In an 8-1 decision, the all-Republican court overturned a lower court’s order that blocked implementation of the law, known as Senate Bill 14, while a challenge to its constitutionality was heard.
An Austin-based appellate court on Friday upheld several lower court rulings blocking Texas from ... Bill 14 last May. SB 14 banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender children in Texas ...
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of approximately 940,000 per ...
Rick Perry is the longest-serving governor, having assumed the governorship in 2000 upon the exit of George W. Bush, who resigned to take office as the 43rd president of the United States. Perry was elected in 2002 and he was re-elected in 2006 and 2010 serving for 14 years before choosing to retire in 2014.
In 2023, Texas enacted a law, Senate Bill 14, ... In September 2023, the Texas Supreme Court allowed the law to take effect pending an appeal from the state, and in June of this year, ...
Texas State Legislature. The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power of the purse to ...