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1 week ago | 
panolawatchman.com | Jasper Scherer |Kayla Guo
The Texas House has approved a roughly $337 billion two-year spending plan, putting billions toward teacher pay, border security and property tax cuts, after more than 13 hours of debate that saw hundreds of amendments — from Democrats and hardline conservatives alike — meet their demise.
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1 week ago | 
texastribune.org | Kayla Guo
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House on Tuesday approved a motion instructing lawmakers to advocate for awarding Attorney General Ken Paxton the salary he missed while impeached in 2023 as they negotiate the final version of the state’s two-year budget. The motion, offered by Rep.
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1 week ago | 
baytownsun.com | Jasper Scherer |Kayla Guo
The Texas House approved a roughly $337 billion two-year spending plan early Friday, putting billions toward teacher pay, border security and property tax cuts, after more than 13 hours of debate that saw hundreds of amendments — from Democrats and hardline conservatives alike — meet their demise.
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1 week ago | 
tdtnews.com | Jasper Scherer |Kayla Guo
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1 week ago | 
elpasotimes.com | Jasper Scherer |Kayla Guo
Jasper Scherer and Kayla GuoTexas TribuneThe Texas House approved a roughly $337 billion, two-year budget plan early Friday after more than 13 hours of debate. The proposal House lawmakers approved on a 118 to 26 vote largely aligns with the version the Senate passed last month. Now lawmakers from both chambers can start private negotiations to hammer out their differences for a final version.
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1 week ago | 
crossroadstoday.com | Jasper Scherer |Kayla Guo
The Texas House on Thursday took up its $337 billion budget plan, giving the full chamber its last chance to weigh in on how the state will spend taxpayer dollars over the next two years. The Senate passed its own version of the budget last month, approving a spending plan that largely aligns with the version House lawmakers advanced to the floor. But the House budget could change by the time lawmakers work through the nearly 400 amendments that have been filed in the lower chamber.
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1 week ago | 
texastribune.org | Jasper Scherer |Kayla Guo |Ayden Runnels
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas House approved a roughly $337 billion two-year spending plan early Friday, putting billions toward teacher pay, border security and property tax cuts, after more than 13 hours of debate that saw hundreds of amendments — from Democrats and hardline conservatives alike — meet their demise.
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2 weeks ago | 
texastribune.org | Jasper Scherer |Kayla Guo
The Texas House on Thursday is set to take up its $337 billion budget plan, giving the full chamber its last chance to weigh in on how the state will spend taxpayer dollars over the next two years. The Senate passed its own version of the budget last month, approving a spending plan that largely aligns with the version House lawmakers advanced to the floor. But the House budget could change by the time lawmakers work through the nearly 400 amendments that have been filed in the lower chamber.
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2 weeks ago | 
tdtnews.com | Kayla Guo
As measles tears through West Texas — infecting hundreds, hospitalizing dozens and claiming the lives of two children — some lawmakers in Austin are pushing bills to roll back vaccine requirements and expand access to exemptions under the banner of “choice.”kAm|62D=6D[ 2 9:89=J 4@?E28:@FD 5:D62D6 E92E H2D 564=2C65 6=:>:?2E65 7C@> E96 &]$] :? a___[ 92D DH6AE E9C@F89 (6DE %6I2D 4@>>F?:E:6D H:E9 =@H6C\E92?\2G6C286 G244:?2E:@?
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2 weeks ago | 
chron.com | Kayla Guo
Signs in English, Spanish and German inform people about measles prevention in the Gaines County Court House in Seminole, Texas.
