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The Legislature’s hard-right push may placate the GOP base, but it didn’t deliver for the rest of Texas
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: San Antonio News, Abortion Rights, Texas, politics, government, Texas Legislature, Texas Lege, Republicans, GOP, legislative session, Greg Abbott, Allen West, Cal Jillson, opposition party, abortion, Supreme Court, heartbeat bills, Center for Reproductive Rights, Texas Attorney General, Albert Kauffman, Dan Patrick, Laura Barberena, Republican Party, partisan politics, voting rights, legal challenges, culture war, Texas Republican Party, Texas Republicans, Cover Story
Texas House votes to approve bill that would limit governor’s emergency pandemic powers
Tags: Texas House, texas legislature, Gov. Greg Abbott, emergency power, pandemic, municipalities, mask orders, business reopenings, Texas politics, legislative session, governor's powers, COVID-19, COVID, coronavirus, House Bill 3, lawsuit, early voting
Analysis: Gov. Greg Abbott's State of the State speech short on vaccine details, long on partisanship
Tags: Greg Abbott, Texas politics, state of the state speech, law and order, defund the police, Black Lives Matter, people of color, poor people, hard-working Texans, pandemic, covid-19, covid, coronavirus, covid liability, business liability, Republicans, texas Legislature, legislative session, legislative priorities, bail, police funding, municipalities, Texas Republican Party, Texas GOP, vaccines, vaccine rollout, San Antonio
With Texas in a budget crisis, the GOP-controlled Lege may not be in the mood to do anything but cut
Tags: Texas, Texas Lege, state legislature, legislature, budget, GOP, Republicans, Democrats, pandemic, COVID-19, police spending, budget cuts, legislative priorities, balance the budget, marijuana legalization, Bill Miller, Gov. Greg Abbott, State Rep. Steve Toth, abortion, Sen. Roland Gutierrez, Rep. Jessica González, State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, State Rep. Diego Bernal, Medicaid, budget shortfall, legislative session, Cover Story
Ready or not, lawmakers began filing bills Monday for next meeting of Texas Legislature
Tags: Texas legislature, texas politics, bills, James Talarico, Round Rock, Steve Toth, The Woodlands, Senfronia Thompson, Houston, George Floyd Act, police accountability, police reform, abortion, anti-abortion bill, reality TV, law enforcement, criminal justice reform, Texas lawmakers, legislative session
Board reverses decision that would let Texas social workers discriminate against LGBTQ clients
Tags: Texas, Texas State Board of Social Workers, removed protections, LGBTQ, transgender, people with disabilities, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, Avery Belyeu, Lambda Legal, Behavioral Health Executive Council, Diego Bernal, Jose Menendez, San Antonio, Texas legislature, anti-discrimination legislation, legislative session, National Association of Social Workers, social workers, discrimination
Advocates take aim at Texas board's decision to let social workers turn away LGBTQ clients
Tags: Texas, Texas State Board of Social Workers, removed protections, LGBTQ, transgender, people with disabilities, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, Avery Belyeu, Lambda Legal, Behavioral Health Executive Council, Diego Bernal, Jose Menendez, San Antonio, Texas legislature, anti-discrimination legislation, legislative session, National Association of Social Workers, social workers, discrimination, Slideshow
Greg Abbott's Talk on Punishing Cities for Cutting Police Budgets Unlikely to Yield Legislative Action
Tags: Texas, Greg Abbott, defund the police, Back the Blue, threats, municipalities, police budget cuts, Texas House, Texas legislature, democrats, legislative session, texas politics, black lives matter, BLM, police funding, Austin, San Antonio, Bexar County, Nelson Wolff, Cal Jillson, Southern Methodist University, pledge, Republican leaders, cities
Former Lieutenant Governor Candidate Says Texas Hoarding $8 Billion in Federal COVID-19 Funds
Tags: Mike Collier, Greg Abbott, emergency declaration, Texas Legislature, legislative session, emergency session, Open letter, Texas Democratic Party, Republicans, CARES Act, Federal Funding, Coronavirus relief funds, COVID-19 relief funds, Manny Garcia, hoarding, transparency, Texas, federal funds, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, Covid-19, covid 19
‘Stockholm Syndrome’: Inventorying the Damage and Accomplishments of Texas’ 2019 Legislative Session
Tags: San Antonio, Texas, legislative session, 2019, property taxes, education, marijuana reform, environment, reproductive rights, canna
Who’s in Control?: From Taxes to Sick Time, the 2019 Legislative Session Could Spell a Showdown Between the State of Texas and Its Cities
Tags: San Antonio, Texas, legislative session, 2019, cities, politics, government
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McCombs dealership Native American statue now at San Antonio-area high school
By Michael Karlis
Post where Austin bartender claims to have spoken with 'Rainey Street Killer' goes viral
Three members of family indicted in slaying of pregnant San Antonio teen
Cost of living comfortably in San Antonio jumped 43% from last year
Don Omar, one of the earliest and defining superstars of reggaeton, brought his infectious beats and socially conscious lyrics to Frost Bank…
By San Antonio Current Staff
Gloria Trevi, the groundbreaking Mexican pop singer-songwriter, electrified Freeman Coliseum on Saturday, bringing feminist lyrics, scintillating dance moves and an array of…
Crowds gathered in downtown San Antonio Saturday for the Annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice. Here's a look at everyone who turned out…
The Monte Vista Historic District has long been hailed as one of San Antonio's crown jewel neighborhoods. Indeed, due to its popularity,…
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