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Texas Legislature boosts judges pay and lawmaker pensions

In final act, Texas Legislature boosts judges pay and lawmaker pensions

House and Senate members agreed that judges needed a pay raise. But they spent the final hours of the legislative session debating whether Texas lawmakers should also benefit from the boost.

San Antonio Current · 1d

The Texas Legislative session is (finally) over. Here's what passed and failed.

Senate Bill 2880: Would have allowed anyone to be sued for mailing abortion pills to someone in Texas. The legislation also would have made it illegal to provide information about obtaining an abortion.

Chron on MSN · 2d

New laws, dead laws: A look at where the Texas Legislature is ahead of its last day

Monday marks the final day of Texas' 89th Legislative session, five months marred by debate, disagreement and compromise. Tensions ran high between Texas lawmakers, but ultimately, the heavy hitters—Gov.

Texas ends in-state tuition for undocumented students

The Dallas Morning News on MSN · 2h

Texas ends in-state tuition for undocumented students after Abbott, AG agree to DOJ demand

The Department of Justice argued a Texas law that grants thousands of undocumented students in-state tuition rates at public universities

FOX 7 Austin on MSN · 5h

Texas court sides with DOJ, prohibits in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaking on behalf of the DOJ, believes the Texas Dream Act treats some U.S. residents like “second-class citizens."

POLITICO on MSN · 8h

DOJ sues Texas over giving undocumented residents in-state tuition

The Trump administration is suing to overturn Texas law that allows residents without legal status to pay in-state tuition rates at public universities. The Department of Justice filed the complaint Wednesday in the U.

The Austin Chronicle17m

Under One of the World’s Most Extreme Abortion Bans, Texas Doubles Down

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Texas has enforced some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States, and therefore in the Western world.

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Texas Environmental Groups celebrate wins, mourn losses following end of 89th Legislature

As the dust settles on the 89th Legislative Session, environmental groups in Central Texas came together Wednesday ...

Texas Joins D.O.J. in Suit Against State’s Tuition Break for Migrants

The Trump administration argued that the Texas Dream Act of 2001 illegally benefits undocumented students. The state’s ...

The Austin Chronicle17m

Sen. Sarah Eckhardt Analyzes “Gunfire and Fireworks” of This Legislative Session

At about the halfway point of the 140-day legislative session, the Chronicle sat down with Sarah Eckhardt, Austin’s progressive state senator, for an in-depth discussion of the session and the ...

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Texas lawmakers passed more than 1,200 bills — here are highlights

For 140 days during the 89th Texas Legislature, 150 members, state representatives and 31 senators took thousands of hours of ...

KERA News2d

Vouchers, property taxes and abortion: Here’s what the Texas Legislature did in 2025

The last day of Texas' 2025 legislative session is here. After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, the Texas Legislature has ...

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Texas GOP scores legislative wins, shifting immigration, education costs

A $1 billion voucher program, touted as “the largest school-choice program in American history,” will go toward students’ ...

Texas Legislature OKs sweeping higher education reform bill. Here's how SB 37 will affect faculty senates, regents' authority.

The Texas House and Senate signed SB 37 after conferencing on changes. The final text limits faculty authority and ...

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