Their journey reveals a major fault line for O’Rourke as he transitions from a statewide campaign in which occasional votes with the Republicans can be an asset to a new national playing field where some see those moves as political apostasy. Full Story
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School finance reform could bring the privately operated public schools a windfall. But traditional public school advocates are still fighting the charters' expansion. Full Story
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The Senate on Monday passed a bill that would remove a cap on the number of school personnel that can carry firearms at schools. It is the chamber's latest tweak to the marshal program since last year's mass shooting at Santa Fe High School. Full Story
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Becky Leach says she wants to use her story of childhood sexual abuse to help others who haven't yet come forward — and supports a bill she says would give victims more time to do so. Full Story
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The Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as “Remain in Mexico,” was expanded to include the El Paso port of entry last month Full Story
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Since 2005, state lawmakers have received the agency's biennial report detailing inefficiencies in government, but this year the report was not made public. Full Story
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Randolph D. "Tex" Alles' departure comes amid a broader shake-up in the Department of Homeland Security. The Texas A&M grad was the first Secret Service director in at least a century not from the agency's ranks. Full Story
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Michael Center is accused of accepting a $100,000 bribe to help a student pose as a tennis recruit in order to get into school. Full Story
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The court issued a stay of Thursday's execution after his lawyers argued that Robertson's original trial lawyer discriminated against potential jurors who were black. Full Story
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In a session where middle-of-the-road issues like school finance and teacher pay dominate the conversation, the Texas Senate has returned to familiar — and conservative — ground. Full Story
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How would lawmakers' proposals to provide property tax relief affect tax bills? It depends on where you live and what kind of home you own. Full Story
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A little-known and ill-defined provision in state statute offers big tax breaks to landowners who host university research on their property. Two lawmakers are trying — again — to close the "loophole." Full Story
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Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is seen as a potential nominee to replace Nielsen. Full Story
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"He wouldn’t cast that same vote today with all that he knows and all that he has heard from people," said a spokesman for the former Texas congressman. Full Story
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The judge wrote that the "unreasonableness of Defendants’ addition of a citizenship question to the Census is underscored by the lack of any genuine need for the citizenship question." Full Story
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In recent weeks, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has swiftly sued two companies over major fires at their Houston-area plants. It's a dramatic departure from the state's usual approach to environmental enforcement. Full Story
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A major flaw in the way Texas spends money on kids with disabilities might lose the state almost a quarter of its annual special education grant. Full Story
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"I refuse to act like it is still a possibility and continue to provide false hope to my constituents," state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, said in a statement. Full Story
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The former state senator and Democratic nominee for governor says she is "looking very seriously at Congressional District 21." Full Story
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Use our Texas public schools database to learn more about the state’s 1,200 districts and 8,759 public schools, including hundreds of charter schools and alternative campuses. Full Story
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