Tag: Texas Legislature
Texas GOP advances voting restrictions as hundreds push back
By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans advanced bills Sunday that would make voting harder in a...
Texas GOP renews push for new voting laws, unfinished agenda
By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER | Report for America/Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Thursday brought back efforts to ban...
Texas special session begins with Abbott’s agenda
By Patrick Svitek | The Texas Tribune
Gov. Greg Abbott has announced the agenda for the special legislative session that began Thursday, asking lawmakers to...
Texas governor revives GOP’s thwarted new voting laws
By PAUL J. WEBER | Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday revived the GOP's thwarted efforts to pass new...
Texas GOP backs off changes to Sunday voting before next try
By PAUL J. WEBER | Associated Press
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Tuesday that a special session starting this week will not change polling hours...
Former top Texas leaders back court challenge to Abbott veto of Legislature’s money
Chuck Lindell Austin American-Statesman (TNS)
AUSTIN, Texas — A Democratic effort to overturn Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's veto of funding for the legislative branch has...
Disabled Texans fear voting will get harder for them
By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
It took Nancy Crowther three hours, four public bus rides and an impressive amount of gumption to make sure...
Texas governor orders special session, but doesn’t say why
By PAUL J. WEBER | Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered lawmakers back to work in July,...
Abbott vetoes criminal justice bills, teach kids about domestic violence
By Heidi Pérez-Moreno and Farah Eltohamy, The Texas Tribune
Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed 20 bills that were passed during this year’s legislative session, including two...
Valley reps who took stand on Texas voting bill talk what’s next
The clock inched closer to the midnight deadline on the evening of May 30, and state Rep. Bobby Guerra, D-McAllen, sat at his desk...
