With GOP priorities unfinished, Texas House plans to wrap fourth special session Tuesday
The decision to end work Tuesday leaves long odds for bills to boost school safety funding and make sure that election challenges donโt delay the implementation of property tax cuts, teacher pension raises and infrastructure spending.
Texas law similar To Tennesseeโs would allow House & Senate to expel members
Tennessee House Republicans expelled two democratic state lawmakers after they took part in a gun violence protest on the chamber floor. Under the stateโs law, itโs allowed so long as two-thirds of the chamber votes for it. Texas has a similar law.
Texas senators draw lots to determine how long their terms will be
After redistricting, the state constitution requires senators to draw lots to determine which half of the chamber will have four-year terms and which will have two-year terms. This keeps Senate district elections staggered every two years for the rest of the decade.
Texas has a constitutional amendments election this year. The last day to register to vote is Oct. 4.
A statewide election on Nov. 2 will feature eight constitutional amendments that address topics ranging from religious freedom to taxes to judicial eligibility. Hereโs what you need to know to vote.
Barely underway, Texas redistricting draws its first lawsuit challenging Legislatureโs authority to redraw legislative maps
Two Democratic state senators filed the federal suit arguing the Texas Constitution does not allow lawmakers to meet in special session to draw up state House and Senate districts. Theyโre asking the courts to do it instead.
Texas Supreme Court may decide next plot twist in the Democratic walkout, and the fate of 2,100 state employees
The stateโs highest civil court has been asked to decide if Gov. Greg Abbott has the power to cut off funding for legislative staff, a move Abbott hoped would keep Democratic lawmakers from leaving the state and shutting down a special legislative session.