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Lawmakers in Texas want to expand the housing affordability costs from the previous year.
Last year, state officials gave housing affordability a top priority, and this week the Texas Senate Local Government Committee showed a commitment to go further. During a committee hearing on Wednesday, some members, including Chairman Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston ), responded favorably to proposals to remove population thresholds from relatively young state laws that allow multifamily
State Senate Hearing Highlights Communication Obstacles in Data Center Water Usage
On Tuesday, the Texas Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs heard testimony during an interval hearing regarding water usage for data centers. The midterm elections in November and the start of the 90th Parliamentary Program in January have become a focal point. At the start of the hearing, Chairman Charles Perry (R-Lubbock )
Trump’s DOJ blocked a major ICE shooting charge due to the federal prosecutor’s” Strongest Achievable” concerns.
After a national representative shot a person from Venezuela while attempting to prosecute him in January, federal agents clash with protesters in a Minneapolis area. via Getty Images: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Officials at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., overturned plans to file legal rights charges against an immigration and customs police agent accused
Texas ‘ first-ever property tax research shows decline in ISD taxes and growth in overall profits
According to a study released this week by state Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston ), property taxes have increased over the past ten years, but so has the number of Texas individuals who don’t pay any estate taxes to school districts. According to” a first of its kind nationwide data collection work” prepared by Bettencourt’s company
Texans are divided on Paxton and Talarico, as opposed to Flock and Data Centers, according to a new surveys.
In the race for the U.S. Senate, state representative James Talarico (D-Austin ) leads Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton by just half a percentage point, according to a new poll. In his campaign for a fourth term, Greg Abbott leads state representative Gina Hinojosa (D-Austin ) by just one point. The survey of 1, 167
At committee hearings, legislators consider deficiencies and violations of the Texas Public Information Act.
Last week, state legislators heard dozens of hours of testimony about the Texas Public Information Act’s ( TPIA )’s viability and whether it was intended to work. While some officials claimed the accountability legislation was being used as a weapon, some claimants claimed it was being used as a helmet and lacks sufficient enforcement mechanisms.
First Transmission Lines Under Permian Basin Reliability Plan Approved by State Agency as Paxton Joins Opposition
The Permian Basin Reliability Plan was proposed as a high-voltage transmission line, but the Public Utility Commission of Texas ( PUC) approved the project last week, drawing the attention of a coalition that now includes the state’s chief legal officer. The Permian Basin Reliability Plan network’s drafted Permian Basin Reliability Plan was unanimously approved by
Help us find out about harsh mentors in youth sports
Illustration for the image by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Sarah Blesener’s ProPublica images I’ve been looking into the cracks in the program that have allowed mentors who have been suspended for misconduct to continue working with young players for more than a year today. I’ve documented the Amateur Athletic Union, a significant non-profit institution that has evolved
A Texas tennis instructor is the subject of a child-exploitation investigation, according to Homeland Security.
Picture by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Instagram pictures. According to an agent for Homeland Security Investigations, the main investigative division of the Department of Homeland Security, a Texas tennis instructor who was the subject of a ProPublica and The Washington Post investigation last month is now facing a national child abuse sensor. In a ProPublica and Post
Near San Antonio Military Base, a senator expresses worry over “planned Muslim growth”
On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX-21 ) addressed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlining concerns about a “planned Islamic development” being constructed close to Camp Bullis, a military training base in San Antonio. More than 27, 000 hectares of Camp
On November 3, there will be two elections for the two North Texas congressional tickets.
Texas House District ( HD ) 93 and Senate District ( SD ) 22 will each have two elections on the November 3 ballot, with one for the special election that Governor recently called. one for the common vote, Greg Abbott. House District 93 After state representative Nate Schatzline (R-Fort Worth ) resigned from his
Campus Rape Victims at Syracuse University Are Seen to Avoid Getting Police Records, Says Syracuse University
Illustrations by Vanessa Saba for ProPublica and Lisa Larson-Walker for ProPublica. Photo by Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo. We discovered proof that Syracuse University had taken steps to stop the attack from being covered in the media when ProPublica recently conducted an investigation into the rape crisis that gripped the school in the 1980s. According to a
