Sameea Kamal

1 week ago | palestineherald.com | Sameea Kamal

The last time the Legislature overrode a governor’s veto on a bill was in 1979, when William Clements was governor. It’s not that members don’t want to exercise their legislative authority — meant to be equal to the executive branch. It’s that in almost every case, they can’t. kAm{2H>2<6CD 42? @G6CC:56 E96 8@G6C?@C’D G6E@6D @?=J 5FC:?8 E96 D6DD:@? :? H9:49 E96 3:==D 2C6 C6;64E65[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 6IA6CED’ :?E6CAC6E2E:@?

1 week ago | elpasotimes.com | Sameea Kamal

A proposal to limit how much an accident victim can recover in lawsuits for medical care won preliminary approval from the Texas House on Monday, but not without changes that leave open monetary awards beyond medical bills and preserve the court’s ability to decide what evidence is relevant. The bill passed 94-52 on Monday with the support of at least five Democrats. Senate Bill 30, authored by Georgetown Republican Sen.

1 week ago | texastribune.org | Sameea Kamal

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A proposal to limit how much an accident victim can recover in lawsuits for medical care won preliminary approval from the Texas House on Monday, but not without changes that leave open monetary awards beyond medical bills and preserve the court’s ability to decide what evidence is relevant. The bill passed 94-52 on Monday with the support of at least five Democrats.

1 week ago | abc13.com | Sameea Kamal

Come September, every public school classroom in Texas could be required to display the Ten Commandments under a requirement that passed a key vote in the Texas legislature Sunday - part of a larger push in Texas and beyond to increase the role of religion in schools. Senate Bill 10 moved forward despite a federal court ruling that a similar Louisiana law violated a constitutionally required separation of church and state.

1 week ago | mysanantonio.com | Sameea Kamal

Come September, every public school classroom in Texas could be required to display the Ten Commandments under a requirement that passed a key vote in the Texas legislature Sunday — part of a larger push in Texas and beyond to increase the role of religion in schools. The bill preliminarily passed the House 88-49 on Saturday — the Jewish Sabbath day, which the Ten Commandments forbids, as Rep. James Talarico said in an effort to highlight legislative hypocrisy.