:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/1e02195eb8d80933b2dcbb85a465feaa/Nicholas%20Ware%20Dorm%20JV%20TT%2010.jpg?w=627&resize=627,376&ssl=1 "Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick And Senators Unveil Package Of Bills Aimed At Improving Texas’ ower grid")
The bills would allow the state to hire companies to build emergency gas-fueled power plants, among other ideas for swinging the state’s power balance away from wind and solar.
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More than nine months after the Uvalde school shooting, top GOP lawmakers maintain focus on school safety reforms and investments in mental health resources in hopes it will prevent future tragedies.
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Budget proposals would boost state spending for the current budget cycle for projects ranging from mental health hospitals to state pay raises. This would leave $27 billion in surplus for the next two years.
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In its first bill passed this session, the Texas Senate sought to ensure juvenile mental health hospitalizations are reported to the federal firearm background check system.
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Lawyers for four former employees who accused the attorney general of firing them for reporting alleged crimes to authorities say Paxton won’t agree to finalizing the deadline by the end of this legislative session.
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