Proposal limiting Texas city, county property taxes loses steam
The House refused to back a bill that would apply only to the state’s largest cities.
Texas lawmakers at odds over ending massive water exports from East Texas
State. Rep. Cody Harris won’t accept Senate changes allowing exports to continue while the state studies its underground water supply.
Most Texas THC products expected to remain legal amid legislative impasse
Legislators have apparently failed to reach a last-minute deal to tighten regulations on consumable hemp products.
Texas sued over its lab-grown meat ban
Two California-based companies accuse the state of government overreach for banning the sale of their products for the next two years.
Texas is poised to replace STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests would look like.
A bill scrapping the state’s standardized test heads over to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. It would replace STAAR with three shorter tests at the beginning, middle and end of the year.
Texas student groups sue to block state law that limits campus protests
The law, largely in response to pro-Palestinian protests last year, bans “expressive activity” on campuses from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. The lawsuit says it is overly broad and will affect protected speech.
Texas kids’ camps must remove cabins from floodplains, operate warning systems under new rules nearing approval
The state House and Senate on Wednesday advanced similar camp safety bills to each others’ chambers. The parents of children who died at Camp Mystic advocated for the new legislation.
Texas says it’s strict on oil field emissions. New data shows it’s not.
Texas’ rubber-stamp system allows drillers to release vast amounts of natural gas into the atmosphere.
Texas suburbs resist new state law allowing more apartments
Suburban officials in the Dallas-Fort Worth region have enacted rules aimed at curtailing a sweeping new state law to allow more apartments.
TribCast: Sid Miller’s THC entanglements
In this week’s episode, Matthew and Eleanor speak with Texas Tribune reporter Kate McGee about her recent investigative reporting in to Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and his staff.