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Texas Senate passes package of bail reform legislation

Texas Senate passes legislation to keep some defendants in jail without bail. Here's why.

Senate Joint Resolution 1, or "Jocelyn's Law," would keep people without authority to be in the U.S. who are charged with felonies in jail until trial

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 1d

Texas Senate passes bills targeting Harris County that would keep more defendants in jail

The Texas Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to pass new criminal justice legislation that would further restrict cashless bail and keep more defendants in jail, including people who are living in the country illegally.

The Center Square on MSN · 1d

Texas Senate passes bipartisan bill to implement bail reform

The Texas Senate passed a bipartisan bill with nearly unanimous support to implement statewide bail reform. Gov. Greg Abbott listed bail reform as an emergency item for the legislature to pass. Lt. Gov.

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Dallas Morning News on MSN · 22h

Will Texas get casinos and sports betting? That fight is underway at the Legislature

Eager to reverse a string of defeats at the Texas Legislature, pro-gambling forces are bringing a new strategy to the quest for casinos and sports betting

NBC Sports on MSN · 6h

Texas takes another run at legalizing sports betting

The American sports betting industry earned revenues of $13.7 billion in 2024. And that's without legalized wagering in the two most populated states in the nation — California and Texas. Texas, which has more than 30 million residents,

SportsGrid on MSN · 2h

Texas Sports Betting Bill Faces Uncertain Future in 2025

A Texas sports betting bill hits a wall as key GOP figures block it. For more legal analysis across the gaming industry, check out Legal Sports Report.

Texas House unveils school voucher, $8B school finance bills

Austin American-Statesman on … · 21h

Texas House unveils school voucher, $8B school finance bills: 'One size does not fit all'

The Texas House on Thursday filed a sweep of education bills including public school finance and school voucher proposals.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 23h

Under Texas House bill, value of education savings accounts would be tied to public school funding

The proposal sets a few possible points of contention between the House and Senate, including how much money should families get through the program.

Houston Chronicle · 23h

The Texas House and Senate have dueling school voucher bills. Here are the big differences

The House bill filed by state Rep. Brad Buckley would offer private school vouchers to all Texas students, including home-schoolers.

Texas Senate committee takes up teacher pay raise bill

Community Impact Newspaper · 2h

Texas Senate panel OKs bill to raise teacher pay based on experience, performance

Under the roughly $5 billion proposal, public school teachers would be guaranteed raises in their third and fifth years in the classroom. The measure now heads to the full Senate.

Yahoo · 20h

Texas Senate discusses pay raises for teachers

Dallas Morning News on MSN · 23h

Bill to raise pay for Texas teachers advances in Senate; committee vote is unanimous

A Texas Senate committee gave unanimous approval Thursday to a bill giving across-the-board pay raises to public school teachers, the first step forward for a top goal of lawmakers in both political parties.

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Texas lawmaker moves to outlaw medical research on corpses without consent after NBC News investigation

The University of North Texas Health Science Center dissected and leased out hundreds of poor people’s bodies without their ...

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Reeling Texas Democrats Get a Rare Sight: Their National Chair

Though victory in the state feels farther away than ever, some Democrats, including their new leader, say Texas could still ...

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Greg Abbott Defends Plan To Overhaul Texas Education

Texas Governor Greg Abbott pledged to implement a private school voucher-style program on Wednesday during an address to ...

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Sparks files fourth 89th priority legislative package on child welfare reform

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Texas Legislature expected to vote on statewide cellphone ban at public schools

Students spend an average of 5+ hours a day on social media with 20 notifications an hour on average, according to the bill's ...

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Texas Speaker Burrows says school choice will pass in the House "The votes are there to do this"

Burrows has heard on social media about the need to pass school choice in Texas from some of the biggest names on the planet, ...

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Texas infrastructure fares better than U.S. average but needs major investment: report

Here's why the country's foremost society of civil engineers found that Texas' public infrastructure is at risk of ...

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Texas agriculture commissioner urges statewide ban on fluoride in water

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller urged state officials to ban the decades-long practice of adding fluoride to public ...

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Texas Senate passes package of bail reform legislation

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Texas House unveils school voucher, $8B school finance bills

Texas Senate committee takes up teacher pay raise bill

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