Lawmakers created a state Strategic Bitcoin Reserve earlier this year and dedicated $10 million to investing in cryptocurrency.
Texas Legislature 2025
Texas lawmakers are in Austin for the 89th Texas Legislature’s second, 30-day special session. They are redrawing the state’s congressional map, considering limits on consumable THC products and pushing flood preparedness measures. A first special session ended without successful legislation after House Democrats fled the state to block Republicans’ proposed congressional redistricting map. The regular session ran from January to June and resulted in a new school voucher program, a ban on DEI initiatives in public schools and proposals to increase the state’s water supply.
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Texas Legislature 2025
Texas is cleared to use its new congressional map in 2026. How does gerrymandering impact Texans?
From urban cores to rural regions, Texans’ needs differ. Experts say districts encompassing geographically distant communities will dilute their voices.
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Texas Legislature 2025
As appeals court is poised to consider Texas’ Ten Commandments law, other legal challenges mount
The judges opting to hear the cases together marks a significant development in a saga that many believe will reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Redistricting Texas 2025
At hearing, Democrats say the redistricting process was flawed from the start
On the first day of a two-week trial, the plaintiffs’ lawyers honed in on who drew the new map and whether race was a factor.
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Texas Legislature 2025
Texas is poised to replace STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests would look like.
A bill scrapping the state’s standardized test heads over to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. It would replace STAAR with three shorter tests at the beginning, middle and end of the year.
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“Bathroom bill” aimed at trans people signed into law after decade of failed attempts
Senate Bill 8, which goes into effect on Dec. 4, restricts bathroom use in government buildings and schools to the sex assigned at birth.
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Bill making ivermectin an over-the-counter drug signed by Gov. Greg Abbott
Some people use the drug to treat COVID, even though it’s not approved by the FDA for such use.
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Texas is officially replacing STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests will look like.
House Bill 8 scraps the unpopular exam for three shorter tests at the beginning, middle and end of the year starting in the 2027-28 school year.
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Bill allowing private citizens to sue over abortion pills clears Texas governor’s desk
House Bill 7 allows people to sue manufacturers and distributors of the drug.
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Texas bill protecting sex trafficking victims from some criminal charges signed by governor
Senate Bill 11 shields victims from prosecution from some crimes if they’re threatened or coerced into the act by their trafficker.