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Texas Republican files bill to let pregnant women use HOV lane by counting fetus as passenger
The bill was introduced by a conservative firebrand once labeled one of Texas' 'worst legislators.'
By Michael Karlis
Tags: Texas News, Texas, legislator, legislative session, bill, HR 521, Republican, Briscoe Cain, pregnant women, HOV lane, unborn, fetus, abortion, out of state, Brandy Bottone, politics, news
Leadership tensions, potential special session loom as Texas legislative session hits uncertain end
By Cassandra Pollock and Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas Legislature, Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Dade Phelan, Texas Senate, culture war, abortion, transgender athletes, conflict, tension, Republican Party, Texas GOP, Senate Bill 29, Lyle Larson, San Antonio, legislative session, special session, LGBTQ issues, open carry, constitutional carry, gun bill
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
Republican lawmakers push to make Texas’ anti-abortion laws among the most restrictive in the nation
By Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune
Tags: San Antonio News, Abortion Rights, Texas, Texa legislature, Planned Parenthood, abortion, abortion rights, women's health, reproductive rights, legislative session, University of Houston, Republican Party, Supreme Court, Eddie Lucio Jr, Roe v. Wade, Bryan Hughes, Carol Alvarado, Rick Perry, David Dewhurst, Brandon Rottinghaus, Angela Paxton, Medicaid, Wendy Davis, Sarah Davis, courts, John Roberts
Analysis: The odds for legal pot and casinos in Texas just got worse
By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas legislature, marijuana reform, medical marijuana, legal pot, casinos, gambling, budget, pandemic, covid-19, covid, coronavirus, Texas Comptroller, Glenn Hegar, lobbyists, Texas Ethics Commission, Las Vegas Sands, Austin, legislative session, Texas politics
At least three Texas Board of Education members test positive for the coronavirus after in-person meeting
By Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune
Tags: State Board of Education, Texas Legislature, COVID-19, infections, board meeting, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Republicans, Georgina Pérez, El Paso, Texas politics, legislative session, Texas Capitol, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Aicha Davis, Matt Robinson, Tom Maynard, Pam Little, Marty Rowley
Key Texas House leader says Capitol occupancy may be limited in upcoming legislative session
By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas Capitol, Texas House of Representatives, Pandemic, COVID-19, covid 19, pandemic, coronavirus, corona virus, Texas Legislature, legislative session, safety precautions, Charlie Geren, Professional Advocacy Association of Texas, Dade Phelan, Greg Abbott, Briscoe Cain, Jon Rosenthal, texas politics
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
WTF? These bills could actually become law in Texas
By Alexa Garcia-Ditta
Tags: Newsmonger, Legislative Session
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Popular Salad and Go concept expanding its San Antonio footprint
By Nina Rangel
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By San Antonio Current Staff
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A distinctive 1927 Spanish-style home built by Nathan Straus Nayfach, the architect of downtown’s iconic Alemeda Theater, is back on the market…
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