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Houston Rep. Lacey Hull defeats Paxton-backed Jared Woodfill in GOP primary
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWoodfill’s endorsement by Paxton was decried by some Republicans because of his close ties to...
Prominent anti-LGBTQ+ activist Jared Woodfill running for Texas House
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIf elected next year, Woodfill also plans to run for House speaker. His campaign accuses his 2024...
Greg Abbott, Tim Dunn spend millions in Texas GOP primary fights over vouchers, impeachment
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTexas Gov. Greg Abbott signs a bill banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates at the Governor's Mansion in...
Email sheds new light on Texas House candidate Jared Woodfill’s role in Southern Baptist leader’s...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAttorney and former Harris County Republican Party Chair Jared Woodfill holds a press conference in...
Despite ties to defendants, Texas Supreme Court justice didn’t recuse himself from sex abuse case
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn 2022, the Texas Supreme Court declined to kill a high-profile sex abuse lawsuit against former...
Bill filing begins for upcoming session of the Texas Legislature
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn what marks the unofficial start of the legislative session, state lawmakers on Monday began...
This restraint technique left a Fort Worth student dead. Some lawmakers want to outlaw it
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoLawmakers, advocates and parents of students with disabilities gathered at the Texas State Capitol...
House votes down bill to ban corporal punishment in schools
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Texas House on Wednesday voted down a proposal to ban corporal punishment in public schools...
Texas Supreme Court Justice John Devine narrowly survives heated primary centered on judicial ethics
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn a surprise nail-biter, Texas Supreme Court Justice John Devine narrowly survived an unexpectedly heated GOP primary challenge that centered on questions about his judicial ethics. Devine ...
Disability rights groups call for end to restraint of special education students
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeveral disability rights groups have pushed Texas lawmakers to introduce legislation that would prohibit school employees from using certain types of restraints on special education students ...