Texas’ 2024 political issues: border security, abortion, school ...
Jan 1, 2024 · What happened in 2023: Gov. Greg Abbott urged lawmakers to approve several immigration enforcement proposals.Over one regular legislative session and four special sessions, Republicans passed ...
Abbott says Texas will pass vouchers, school funding in 2025 | The ...
After a wave of Texas Republicans dominated the ballot box on Election Day, Gov. Greg Abbott expressed confidence Wednesday that he now has enough votes in the Texas House to pass a school voucher ...
Texas lawmakers file bills ahead of 2025 legislative session | The ...
Nov 12, 2024 · Republican lawmakers for years have been pushing to bring down the state’s property taxes, which are among the highest in the nation. Last year, legislators approved a $12.7 billion package that ...
What to know about the auction of border wall materials - The …
Dec 20, 2024 · Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took to X on Wednesday, claiming President Joe Biden was attempting to auction off materials intended for construction of a border wall “for pennies on the dollar in ...
Texas’ SB 4 immigration law: What you need to know - The Texas …
Mar 18, 2024 · Texas lawmakers in 2023 approved Senate Bill 4, which allows Texas police to arrest people for illegally crossing the Mexico border. It was expected to go into effect in early March, but legal ...
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger to vacate powerful House appropriations …
Mar 22, 2024 · WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, will step down early as chair of the influential House Appropriations Committee, she announced in a letter to Republican leadership Friday.
Ted Cruz defeats Colin Allred in U.S. Senate race - The Texas Tribune
Nov 5, 2024 · U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, a former NFL linebacker and civil rights lawyer from Dallas, repeatedly broke fundraising records in his campaign, raising more than $80 million by mid-October.
Texas counties saw rapid growth, US Census data shows - The …
Mar 14, 2024 · Growth in the state’s major counties boosted Texas’ overall population.The state grew more than any other in the country in 2023, by nearly half a million people, according to earlier Census ...
Gov. Abbott’s border wall will take around 30 years, $20B | The …
Jul 3, 2024 · Three years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would take the extraordinary step of building a state-funded wall along the Mexico border, he has 34 miles of steel bollards to show for it ...
Federal appeals court to decide fate of Texas immigration law
Apr 3, 2024 · A panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will decide whether to keep in place a lower court’s block of Senate Bill 4, which makes illegally entering Texas a state crime.