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Governor Abbott Allocates Additional $94.6M Emergency Education Relief Funding for Texas Higher Education

Important Knife Reform Bottled up by Texas Senate State Affairs Committee

How Texans Lost the Right to Bear Handguns

How Texans Lost the Right to Bear Handguns Ammoland Inc. Posted on U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- During the debate over HB1927, in the Texas Senate Special Committee on Constitutional Issues, Senator Eddie Lucio (D) made a startling assertion. He stated Texans could not have the right to bear arms restored because the right to bear arms has not been infringed. At about 05:01:50, He asked, During the testimony of Andi Turner, Legislative Director for the Texas State Rifle Association: When did we lose them?… Later he said, about 05:04:30 : We never lost the right to bear arms in this state. 

Advocates, state lawmakers voice opinions on anti-abortion bills in Texas

Advocates and state lawmakers are voicing their opinions and concerns about several bills regarding abortions in Texas. In all, the Texas Senate has passed six bills restricting access to abortion this legislative session. The bills need to be passed by the Texas House of Representatives and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott to become law.  The bills range from banning abortion altogether to mandating pre-abortion counseling: Senate Bill 8 would ban abortions after a heartbeat is found. Senate Bill 9 would ban abortions entirely, but only if federal court overrides Roe v Wade  Senate Bill 394 would prohibit anyone who isn’t a doctor to provide abortion-inducing drugs

The Lege This Week: Stimulus for Schools?

Budget battles and federal aid The Texas Senate unanimously passed its budget bill, Senate Bill 1, which maintains the Legislature’s commitment to boost state spending on public schools and property tax relief a top priority in the 2019 session. The budget also commits nearly $800 million to the state’s border security forces, and about $8 billion for mental health programs. Beyond that, the bill includes substantial belt-tightening for other government services and agencies a response to Governor Greg Abbott’s call last year for 5 percent budget cuts for most parts of the state government. Still, the budget largely avoids catastrophic cuts that many feared were coming after the pandemic threw the state’s finances into chaos.