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Texas Legislature 2019

Here’s how some of the Texas Legislature’s most important bills fared in the 2019 session

By Texas Tribune StaffJune 10, 2019June 17, 2019

Greg Abbott is done vetoing and signing bills for the 2019 Texas session. Here are the big bills that passed — and the ones that failed.

Graphics and data reporting

The 2019 legislative session is over. Here are the big bills that passed — and the ones that failed.

By Texas Tribune StaffMay 20, 2019May 27, 2019

Lawmakers filed thousands of bills during the 2019 legislative session. Here’s how the big bills fared.

A voter walks into the Howson Branch Library in Austin on the last day of early voting in Travis County.

Texas Legislature 2019

Watch Senate Bill 9 hearing on voting rights and access in Texas House committee

By Texas Tribune StaffMay 15, 2019May 15, 2019

The House Elections Committee on Wednesday night resumed its discussions on a controversial bill pitched as an election security measure but that critics say is a pathway to state-sanctioned voter suppression.

The Texas House on Thursday is expected to take up property tax legislation, one of the highest priority bills this session.

Texas Legislature 2019

As Texas House tackles property taxes, here’s what to know and how to watch

By Texas Tribune StaffApril 11, 2019April 15, 2019

The lower chamber was expected to debate House Bill 2, legislation that aims to slow rising property taxes in Texas.

On Monday, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath expanded the duties of a state monitor overseeing some Houston school district activities.

State Government

State monitor orders Houston school trustees to halt superintendent search, according to reports

By Texas Tribune StaffMarch 25, 2019

The directive came the same day that Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath expanded a conservator’s oversight of Houston public schools. And it followed on the heels of Gov. Greg Abbott advocating for the state to take over the district.

Higher Education

Watch: A higher education conversation with state Sen. Brandon Creighton and state Rep. Chris Turner

By Texas Tribune StaffMarch 7, 2019

Watch our interview with state Sen. Brandon Creighton and state Rep. Chris Turner, moderated by Texas Tribune co-founder and CEO Evan Smith.

A construction crew built a portion of the border wall along Oklahoma Avenue south of Brownsville in 2009.

Politics

How the government abused eminent domain the last time it built a border fence in Texas

By Texas Tribune StaffFeb. 15, 2019

As the president declares a national emergency to get more money for a border barrier, it’s worth taking a look at what happened last time the government took private land along the Rio Grande.

Aerial view of the tent city at the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry in Tornillo on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018.

Immigration

“The abuse was structural:” Report offers glimpse of life inside the now-empty Tornillo migrant camp

By Texas Tribune StaffJan. 15, 2019

Kids were brought into the tent city and some were held for months after illegally crossing the border. For seven months, Tornillo was a symbol of the Trump administration’s scattershot immigration policies, CityLab writes.