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View Article The post Texas Senate passes bill that stops teaching requirement calling KKK ‘morally wrong’ appeared first on TheGrio. Republican senators in Texas have continued their ongoing ...
(The Center Square) – After Republicans swept many state legislative seats on Election Day, Gov. Greg Abbott said he had more than enough votes to pass school choice in the next legislative session.
The Texas Senate also approved a bill that would shorten the timeline for court challenges to election results. $1.5 billion for Texas border wall, $800 million for school safety approved by state ...
The proposal would give families who exit the state’s public education system access to $8,000 of taxpayer money each year to pay for their children’s private schooling.
The 88th Texas Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives.The Texas State Legislature met in its regular session in Austin, Texas, from January 10, 2023 to May 29, 2023, [1] followed by four consecutive special sessions.
Democrats in the House fled the state in a bid to stop approval in the chamber.
The proposal to legalize online sports betting received 101 votes in the House, one above the supermajority threshold, but the bill to legalize casino gambling died without receiving a vote. Neither effort was expected to succeed in the Texas Senate due to opposition from Republican senators and lieutenant governor Dan Patrick. [10] [11]
SB 5 was filed on February 21, 2017 during the regular session of the eighty-fifth Texas Legislature. The bill passed the Texas Senate with a 21-10 vote, and it passed the Texas House of Representatives with a 92-56 vote with 1 present, not voting. [3] [4] Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill on June 1, 2017, and it became effective January 1 ...