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The proposal, filed by , would remove sales tax on diapers, baby wipes and bottles; tampons, sanitary napkins and menstrual cups; maternity clothing; and products for pumping breast milk. It's expected to move to the Senate soon.
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Former president Donald Trump used his nearly 90-minute speech on Saturday to frame himself as a victim of politicized legal investigations and to focus on his perceived political enemies.
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The Texas House of Representatives has given prelim approval to a bill removing sales tax on feminine hygiene products and diapers.
Rep. has filed a version of this bill since 2017. This is the first time it’s moved in the House.
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23-year-old Katiuska came to the Juárez detention center to try to find out if her friend Orlando Maldonado, who she says is like his brother, survived the fire at the INM facility.
“That’s the hope to get him back alive. But my hopes are low,” she says.
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In sworn testimony last month, former Harris County GOP chair Jared Woodfill said he knew since 2004 about allegations that Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler had sexually abused a child.
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The Texas Observer, the storied progressive publication known for its feisty, combative and often humorous investigative journalism, is shutting down and will lay off its 17-person staff, including 13 journalists, several members of its board said Sunday.
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the fire started in the Juárez center when migrants learned they would be deported and set fire to mattresses in protest.
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UPDATE: Mexico’s president said the fire started when migrants learned they would be deported and set fire to mattresses in protest.
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Despite scientific concern, PFAS - nicknamed "forever chemicals - are still used in everything from waterproof camping gear to fast food containers. And according to a new study, they are used even more in Texas.
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#Breaking: At least 39 migrants died in a fire Monday night after flames engulfed a migrant facility in Ciudad Juárez, near the Rio Grande. via
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New: Texas wants to build its own voter list crosscheck program after a push from the TX GOP to get rid of the tool that already does that — Kansas did it and failed. Indiana tried too and that program stalled
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Texas legislators have filed more than 30 bills aimed at reining in the power and purview of locally elected prosecutors.
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Some Texas Republicans are pushing the state to abandon one of its best tools for preventing voter fraud.
The secretary of state’s office is trying to see if it can build a replacement, but experts say the effort could take years. With :
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Fire at migrant center in Mexico near El Paso kills at least 39 men
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Breaking: At least 39 migrants died in a fire Monday night after flames engulfed a migrant facility in Ciudad Juárez, near the Rio Grande.
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Texas Republicans, once allied with prosecutors, seek to rein them in, reports texastribune.org/2023/03/28/tex via
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The House Public Health Committee is debating House Bill 1686, which would block transgender kids' access to puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgeries — the latter of which is very rare for kids. The legislation is identical to Senate Bill 14.
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Four days after TX Senate State Affairs Committee heard overwhelming testimonies opposing two drag-related bills (SB 12 and SB 1601), the committee has voted to send both bills to the full chamber by 6-2 along partisan line.
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Caseworkers and foster care providers in Texas often get incomplete and inaccurate information about foster kids in their care because of the state child welfare agency’s archaic technology system.
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Several bills filed by Texas lawmakers call for staff at public, charter and private schools, as well as those at colleges and universities, to know how to reverse deadly opioid overdoses with Narcan and other overdose medications.
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JUST IN: State troopers will help Austin with police patrols as the city struggles with an officer shortage
But police reform advocates note past efforts by DPS to boost patrols in Texas cities haven’t gone so well texastribune.org/2023/03/27/tex #txlege
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Texas' top law enforcement agency will help Austin police handle violent crime and traffic incidents. Austin officials view the partnership as a stopgap measure as they try to fill the city's more than 200 police vacancies.
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Texas could spend billions in new state money on community colleges, mental health services, property tax cuts and raises for current and retired teachers under measures Texas Senate budget writers approved Monday.
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Journalists at the Texas Observer are urging their nonprofit board to reconsider closing the progressive magazine. They proposed an emergency $200,000 fundraising appeal to keep the 68-year-old publication open.
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday declared the Castner Range in El Paso to be a national monument after advocates pushed for more than 50 years to protect the land.
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During the pandemic, Texans received extra money on their Lone Star cards through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, also known as food stamps.
That extra money ends this month.
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Prominent Dallas civil rights attorney Lee Merritt was jailed in Collin County after being arrested at a protest Sunday in memory of Marvin Scott III, who died in Collin County Jail custody in 2021.
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Republican leaders have resisted calls for gun restrictions, like raising the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15.
Gov. Greg Abbott has suggested that such a law would be unconstitutional.
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1.8 million Texans are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender — the 2nd highest such population for a U.S. State. reporters, including , & , are covering how #txlege bills could impact LGBTQ people.
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The onslaught of bills come the same year that the #txlege has a record number of openly LGBTQ lawmakers. These legislators say they plan to fight back bills targeting their community. Via :
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The bills are among dozens #txlege lawmakers filed that could upend the lives of LGBTQ Texans. has the rundown of the legislation:
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TX Senate could also soon prohibit transgender college athletes from joining the sports teams that align with their gender identity. #txlege passed a similar ban for K-12 schools two years ago. Via & :
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TX Senate could take up SB 14, its gender-affirming care ban, this week. A House committee is debating its identical HB 1686 today. So what is translation-related health care, and how is it conducted when kids are involved? breaks it down:
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Several GOP #txlege lawmakers want to ban puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender children. They're clashing w/ doctors & medical groups who say that care helps lower trans kids’ elevated rates of depression and suicide. Via :
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Former president Donald Trump used his nearly 90-minute speech to frame himself as a victim of politicized legal investigations and to focus on his perceived political enemies.
“...For those who have been wronged and betrayed … I am your retribution."
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Former president Donald Trump used his nearly 90-minute speech on Saturday to frame himself as a victim of politicized legal investigations and to focus on his perceived political enemies.
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The House higher ed committee is hearing testimony now on a bill that would start a new endowment for non-PUF universities to boost research. #txlege
House budget would put $3.5 B one-time investment toward the newly named Texas University Fund(formerly a fund called NRUF)
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In TX pot news, a court hearing on whether a state dept can ban the legally murky delta-8 THC products was pushed from April to the fall term at the request of the parties.
They want to first see if #txlege bans/codifies the popular marijuana alternative.
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