Approval of the monument comes as the lower chamber prepares to debate the “Life of the Mother Act” bill later this week.
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State Government
Texas lawmakers and agency leaders experiment, ponder policies for an AI future
Agencies like the Texas Department of Transportation are using the technology to react to crashes and prepare invoices. More uses and regulations are coming.
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Texas Legislature 2023
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick unveils committee assignments with one Democratic chair
Conservative activists have pushed for legislative leaders to ban Democrats from leading committees.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Republican Texas House races become high-dollar affairs as Tuesday’s primary runoff nears
The pricey fights illustrate how much of the action in Texas politics has shifted back to the primary after redistricting dramatically reduced the number of competitive seats.
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Analysis: Choosing the next Texas House speaker is a game played by very fuzzy rules
Texas has four official candidates for speaker of the Texas House and a small herd of unofficial ones. The law that requires candidates to make it official allows contenders some serious wiggle room.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Analysis: There are 4 official candidates to be the next Texas House speaker. The real field is much bigger.
Only four members of the Texas House have filed papers declaring their candidacies for speaker. But the election isn’t until January, and many more candidates are lurking in the shadows.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Tan Parker is third Republican to file for Texas House Speaker
State Rep. Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, filed Thursday for speaker of the Texas House, becoming the third Republican to enter the race to succeed retiring House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio.
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Politics
Video: A Conversation About the Best & Worst Legislators
Full video of our 6/18 conversation with Erica Grieder and R.G. Ratcliffe, the lead authors of Texas Monthly’s biennial list of the best and worst legislators.
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Politics
Video: A Conversation with Denton County Lawmakers
Full video of Evan Smith’s 12/1 conversation on the Texas Woman’s University campus with state Reps. Myra Crownover, R-Denton, Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, and Ron Simmons, R-Carrollton.
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Politics
Straus Backers Claim Support of Most of GOP Caucus
Seven Republican members of the Texas House issued a joint statement late Thursday claiming Speaker Joe Straus has the support of nearly the entire Republican caucus for the next legislative session.