A bill aimed at preventing individuals and entities from purchasing property in the state was debating in the Texas House for almost six hours on Thursday, with a lot of claims both for and against being presented on the House floor. Senate Bill ( SB ) 17 has become one of the most contentious pieces
After surviving numerous questions and requests for comment, a bill passed the House on Thursday evening with bipartisan support that would involve all people to show ID and require parental consent for minors to import apps from mobile devices. Senate Bill ( SB ) 2420, which was introduced by Rep. Caroline Fairly’s House Bill (
A measure that was approved by both chambers of the Texas Legislature was approved by the Texas Office of the Attorney General ( OAG ) as a prerequisite for a judge to issue a temporary restraining order in relation to an election. Rep. Mike Schofield (R-Houston ) of his House Bill ( HB) 1475, according
State Senator Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston ), a ten-year member of the Texas House, announced his candidacy for Texas attorney general in Senate District ( SD ) 11. ” I’m formally announcing my strategy for Texas Senate, District 11 today. I want to make my motives clear while I’m still focused on getting through the 89th
In a controversial tort reform bill intended to stymie “nuclear verdicts,” the debate over professional legalese was subsumed by horrific tales of horrible deaths, tragic injuries, torrential intimate abuse, and belly-up small businesses. House Bill ( HB) 4806, the lower chamber’s version of the marquee tort reform item making its way through the Texas Capitol,
Rep. Carrie Isaac (R-Dripping Springs ) presented a bill on the Texas House floor to permit licensed election judges and certain early voting clerks to carry concealed weapons while performing their official duties at polling places, sparking a heated debate among people. House Bill ( HB) 1128, according to the act analysis, seeks to establish
People of the Lone Star State continue to support the administration’s handling of emigration and border protection, according to a fresh Texas Politics Project surveys of registered voters. Of the 1,200 registered voters surveyed in the ballot, 47 percent support Trump’s administration while 46 percent approve. According to the report, this demonstrates a” cooling off
Following Attorney General ( AG ) Ken Paxton’s launch of a multi-county election integrity investigation, Texas issued indictments and arrests for six people in Frio County, four of whom were elected officials. Frio County Judge Rochelle Camacho is one of the indicted people who is accused of three works of voter planting. Ramiro Trevino and
It’s been a fairly quiet legislative session for the power grid — at least in comparison to the last two — but one energy-related item is drawing most of the attention: coping with the influx of data centers and other large electricity loads. The Texas House State Affairs Committee will field testimony on Senate Bill
President Donald Trump’s announcement of new tariffs on “Liberation Day” sent shockwaves through the global economy, and now Texas is beginning to see some of the downstream effects. Trump’s trade war with countries around the world took shape in “reciprocal” tariff rates typically ranging from 10 to 50 percent, depending on the country and product.
Texas continues to establish its position as a leader in the evolving landscape of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology with a self-driving semi-truck company now operating in the state, marking the next step in this burgeoning industry. Aurora Innovation has set free its “Aurora Driver” self-driving system in Texas. The AV truck company says it will
Approximately six “Medical Necessity (Life/Health) Exception” abortions have been performed in Texas per month in the 30 months following the overturn of Roe v. Wade with no known repercussions for healthcare providers, recent state data indicates — as the Texas Legislature actively mulls over legislation clarifying exceptions to the state’s abortion laws. From August 2022