Kirk McDaniel

4 days ago | courthousenews.com | Kirk McDaniel

AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — In an 11th-hour decision on Sunday night, Texas Governor Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned THC products in the state, calling for strong marijuana regulations in place of total prohibition. Republicans overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 3 in the Texas House and Senate during this year's regular legislative session, which ended earlier this month.

5 days ago | courthousenews.com | Kirk McDaniel

With the signing of Senate Bill 10, Texas becomes the second state to require the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Federal courts have already weighed in on a nearly identical Louisiana law. AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — Over the weekend, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill requiring a poster of the Ten Commandments to be in every public school classroom, a day after a similar law was found to violate the U.S. Constitution.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Kirk McDaniel

AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — As Texas’s biannual and 140-day legislative session came to an end on Monday, Republican lawmakers had run up the scoreboard, passing a range of conservative priorities. On everything from cannabis to abortion, it was a banner year for conservatives in the Lone Star State. And perhaps nowhere is that truer than in the realm of education, where Republican Governor Greg Abbott finally succeeded in his yearslong quest to enact a school voucher program.

1 month ago | courthousenews.com | Kirk McDaniel

AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — Over the weekend, Republicans in the Texas House of Representatives advanced a bill requiring a poster of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, getting the proposal closer to becoming law and teeing up a legal fight. Senate Bill 10 is a simple, three-page proposal that has ignited immense controversy, not just between Democrats and Republicans, but among fellow Christians in the House chamber.

1 month ago | courthousenews.com | Kirk McDaniel

AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — Debates over abortion policy cropped up once again in the Texas House of Representatives as lawmakers gave initial approval to two bills with very different goals on the controversial issue. The first of the two bills taken up by lawmakers was Senate Bill 31, a proposal that would add clarifying language to the state’s abortion bans. Representative Charlie Geren, a Republican from Fort Worth, sponsored the bill in the House.