The Legislative Budget Board met on August 29, 2018 to hear from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission concerning the agency’s Legislative Appropriation Request for the 86th Session and key exceptional [...]
The Senate Committee on Business and commerce heard invited testimony regarding interim charges related to monitoring legislation to deregulate occupational licensing, review of licensing requirements and fees, and social media [...]
Republican Pete Flores and Democrat Pete Gallego will be heading to a runoff to determine who will replace former state Senator Carlos Uresti (D- San Antonio). The winner of the [...]
State Representative Lyle Larson has sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging the President to renegotiate a 1944 Treaty with Mexico, which sought to allocate and manage water usage [...]
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Rossy Fariña-Strauss to the State Pension Review Board, which reviews all Texas public retirement systems, both state and local, for actuarial soundness and compliance with [...]
Sen. Sylvia Garcia, the Democratic candidate for Texas’ 29th Congressional District and the current sitting Texas State Senator for SD 6, has announced her intent to resign on January 2, [...]
Governor Greg Abbott has informed state agencies that prior to publication of a proposed rule in the Texas Register, the Office of the Governor will review the Notice of Proposed [...]
Governor Greg Abbott has announced November 6, 2018 as the special election date to fill the Texas House of Representatives District 52 seat recently vacated by Representative Larry Gonzales. Abbott [...]
On Tuesday, July 3, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton named Zina Bash as senior counsel on his executive leadership team. Previously, Bash served in the Trump administration as Special Assistant to [...]
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