Every year, Texans pay $2 on their car insurance to fund auto theft prevention. More than half of that money goes toward balancing the budget instead of the prevention agency.
85th Legislative Session
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Higher Education
Here’s what’s at stake for Texas universities in Legislature’s budget fight
Check out how each public university in Texas would fare under the House and Senate budgets.
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Politics
“Bathroom bill” in House misses key deadline — but issue stays alive
A key deadline passed on Monday without the House “bathroom bill” getting out of committee, meaning the bill won’t make it to the House floor this session. But that doesn’t mean the issue itself is dead.
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Criminal Justice
Bill stripping pensions from felon politicians advances
The Texas House voted Monday to strip government pensions from elected officials who commit serious acts of public corruption, moving the first major piece of ethics reform toward the governor’s office.
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Health care
House aims to improve process of removing kids from dangerous homes
House lawmakers on Monday voted to streamline how courts work with the state’s child welfare agency to protect abused and neglected kids — and laid out concrete reasons children can be removed from their homes.
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Marijuana in Texas
Despite bipartisan support, medical marijuana bill likely won’t reach House floor
House Bill 2107 would expand the “Compassionate Use Act” and allow the use of medical marijuana for qualifying patients with debilitating medical conditions, such as terminal cancer or post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Criminal Justice
Paxton looks to get ahead of legal challenges to “sanctuary cities” ban
Attorney General Ken Paxton is looking to get ahead of an anticipated barrage of legal challenges to Texas’ ban on “sanctuary cities.”
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Higher Education
Proposed higher education funding overhaul could come with collateral damage
Initiatives to boost small businesses and help poor students get through college could lose their funding amid the Senate’s attempt to fix how the state pays for higher education.
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State Government
Analysis: Sorry, your bill is probably dying
The Texas Legislature is moving into the part of the calendar when certain dates are circled in red. More bills are killed by clocks and calendars — by those circled deadlines — than by votes.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs “sanctuary cities” bill into law
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a ban on “sanctuary cities” on Sunday, putting the final touch on legislation that would also allow police to inquire about the immigration status of people they lawfully detain.
