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UIL Concussion Insurance Pilot Program Approved By Texas House
The Texas House has approved a public school pilot program allowing parents to purchase supplemental concussion insurance for boys who play football and girls who play soccer.
Some Cigarette Prices Would Climb Under Texas House Bill
The Texas House has narrowly approved and sent to the Senate a bill cutting taxes on chewing tobacco by more than 30 percent but raising the price of some smaller brands of cigarettes.
CEO: Perry Supports Selling Electric Cars From Manufacturer
Members of the Texas House are considering a bill that would allow manufacturers of 100-percent electric vehicles or all battery-powered vehicles to sell directly to consumers, bypassing car dealers.
Bill Allowing Patients To Refuse Drugs Considered
People living in state homes for the disabled would get the right to refuse psychoactive drugs under a proposal advancing in the Texas Legislature.
Williams: Texas Will Get A-F School Rating System
The state’s top education official says he will direct Texas to rate schools and school districts based on letter grades A through F starting next year.
Texas Lawmakers Boost State Spending
The Texas Legislature may not be spending quite like a drunken sailor, but lawmakers have certainly got the checkbook out as they work on the next state budget.
Texas Sex Offenders In Sight Of Rare Policy Win
The GOP-controlled Texas Senate has passed a bill to remove employer information from Texas’ online sex offender registry.
Much Ado About Algebra II
AUSTIN (AP) – The math class of exponents and imaginary numbers – and a potential predictor of a student’s success in college and in life – has become a key point of contention as the […]
Texas House Bill Aims To Protect Breastfeeding In Public
House bill 1706 in the Texas Legislature would legally prohibiting anyone from interfering with a nursing mother in public, a protection breast-feeding advocate Michelle Hickman feels new mothers need.
Hundreds Protest, Lobby For Gay Rights In Texas
Hundreds of people are in Austin to lobby Texas lawmakers to support equality for lesbians, gays and the transgendered, including the right to marry.
Texas Clergy Call For More Women’s Health Funding
More than 370 members of the clergy asked the Texas Legislature to boost funding for women’s health programs. Leaders of Methodist, Buddhist, Presbyterian, Jewish, Baptist and Unitarian congregations lobbied lawmakers for more spending.
State Insurance Commissioner May Be Rejected
Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman could have trouble winning Senate confirmation to keep her job, as Democrats with enough votes to defeat her nomination question her credentials.
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