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Abbott calls for expanding school voucher programs, increased border security in State of the State | Houston Public Media
Gov. Greg Abbott named his priorities for this year's legislative session on Thursday, which included increasing border security, fighting the fentanyl crisis and reducing property taxes. It was Abbott's first State of the State address since being elected governor for a third term. "This session, we will ensure Texas remains the leader of this nation as an unflinching force in this world," Abbott said.
Gov. Abbott doubles down on border security as he makes case for billions more in funding | Houston Public Media
Gov. Greg Abbott continued attacking what he calls President Joe Biden's open-border policies during the biennial State of the State address Thursday as he instructed lawmakers to push state-led border legislation. Abbott dedicated a large portion of his roughly 30-minute speech to rehash was he's been saying since Biden took office more than two years ago. "Guns, drugs, cartel gangs. All kinds of illegal activity are assailing our border, all while Washington has abandoned its duty.
Texas House advances bill to increase penalties for human smugglers and operators of stash houses | Houston Public Media
The Texas House of Representatives gave tentative approval on Wednesday to a state-based immigration bill that would increase the penalties for human smugglers and operators of stash houses. It also approved a separate measure to appropriate $1.5 billion for construction of barriers on the state's southern border.
8 health care bills passed by the Texas Legislature
Texas lawmakers took on a variety of health-related issues during the 88th regular legislative session, which ended May 29. Gov. Greg Abbott has until June 18 to sign or veto all passed legislation. All bill statuses are as of June 14. House Bill 6 by Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth If a medical examiner finds a lethal amount of fentanyl in someone’s system and determines the drug caused their death, this bill will require homicide to be listed as the manner of death.
8 health care bills signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas lawmakers filed over 11,800 bills during the 88th regular legislative session, including proposals tackling a variety of health-related issues. House Bill 6 by Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Fort Worth If a medical examiner finds a lethal amount of fentanyl in someone’s system and determines the drug caused their death, this bill will require “homicide” to be listed as the manner of death. Prosecutors could then charge drug dealers with murder for manufacturing or distributing the deadly opioid.
Texas police officers would have to carry liability insurance under proposed law | Houston Public Media
Texas drivers are required to have insurance when they are on the roads. Some hospitals in the state require medical providers to have their own malpractice insurance. But police officers in Texas are not required to have any form of insurance when they're on the job. A bill introduced last week by Rep. Jolanda Jones, D- Houston, would change that by requiring liability insurance for every working law enforcement officer.
Abbott signs bill allowing college athletes to profit off their own name and likeness
By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune College athletes in Texas will soon be able to receive compensation from outside businesses that want to use their name, image or likeness under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed Monday evening. State Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, said he sponsored the bill to keep Texas collegiate athletic programs competitive as other states have passed similar legislation.
House fails to override Trump's national emergency veto, clearing major border wall obstacle
WASHINGTON -- The House on Tuesday failed to override President Donald Trump's veto of a resolution that would block his border emergency declaration, clearing one major obstacle in the Republican's quest for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico line. Every Democrat in the House was joined by 14 Republicans in rebuking Trump, but those 248 votes were well short of the two-thirds majority needed to overturn the president's veto. San Antonio Rep.
New state law boosts punishment for animal cruelty
In 2017, in Wharton, someone discovered two dogs on the side of the road with their throats slit. Barely alive, a good samaritan carried the dogs to an emergency clinic. One survived; the other dog died. The survivor, Louie, got adopted into a new home where he is learning to trust people again. A scar from ear to ear, however, will remind everyone he meets that he was once an abused dog. Meanwhile, the perpetrator who killed one dog and physically and mentally scarred Louie hasn’t been caught yet.
House should pass bill on exoneration
Timothy Cole, the Fort Worth student at Texas Tech who never got a chance to graduate because he was arrested in 1985, charged and eventually convicted of rape, will finally get his college degree.Cole won’t be there to accept, as he died in prison 10 years before he was exonerated in 2009 after another prisoner confessed to the crime and DNA proved that Cole had been wrongly convicted. In a special ceremony May 15 at the Texas Tech University School of Law, President M.
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