Karen Harper
Senior Political Writer at The Dallas Morning News
@dallasnews ATX sr politix writer. Formerly @TexasTribune @Reuters @FWStarTelegram @KXAN @callerdotcom #Mizzou #SEVVIE '23 #txlege … Dogs/music/muay thai
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5 days ago |
wacotrib.com | Karen Harper
AUSTIN — Property tax relief for homeowners, pay raises for teachers, and cash for private school tuition are among state leaders’ priorities packed into a $338 billion spending bill that won final passage Saturday in the Texas Legislature. “This is a very responsible budget that meets the needs of our rapidly growing state,” said House Appropriations Chair Greg Bonnen, R-Friendswood.
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theeagle.com | Karen Harper
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1 week ago |
texarkanagazette.com | Karen Harper
AUSTIN -- School boards could pull books from school library shelves if they deem them profane or indecent under legislation given final passage Wednesday in the Texas House. Librarians, who are charged with curating the book collections, would need to seek the school board's approval before buying books under Senate Bill 13, by Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney.
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gazettextra.com | Karen Harper
By Karen Brooks Harper - The Dallas Morning News (TNS) AUSTIN, Texas - Public school educators in Texas are set to reclaim flexibility over how they punish students who bring e-cigarettes onto campus under legislation sent to the governor this week. That change - along with giving administrators more leeway to suspend young kids - is part of a broader rewrite of Texas' school discipline code that won final passage on Wednesday. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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thederrick.com | Karen Harper
AUSTIN, Texas — Public school educators in Texas are set to reclaim flexibility over how they punish students who bring e-cigarettes onto campus under legislation sent to the governor this week. That change — along with giving administrators more leeway to suspend young kids — is part of a broader rewrite of Texas’ school discipline code that won final passage on Wednesday. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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RT @txlegequeens: shoutout to the back mic stool #txlege https://t.co/m28uN15Mox
ok NOW the S State Affairs committee has unanimously advanced HB 748, Leach's version of Trey's Law, which is now just the Senate passage away from governor's desk. #txlege
CLARIFICATION (deleted old post as it was confusing): S State Affairs voted out SB 835, by Paxton, which would ban NDAs in sexual assault and trafficking cases - but with the language in HB 748 by @leachfortexas - applying it all ages, not strictly childhood victims. #txlege
Incredible move for my talented friend and colleague, the inimitable @eklib , whom I seem to always describe as inimitable, and who raised the bar on women's health reporting in Texas and beyond. Can't wait to see what you do and it's gonna suck to compete with you. #txlege
Some personal news! After three fulfilling and... intense years on the women’s health beat, I’m transitioning to a new role: Law and Politics Reporter Still @TexasTribune, but now on the politics team, covering the AG, courts, politics and more.
