Touting improvements in the troubled Houston school district since 2019, Turner is demanding that the state drop plans to intervene.
Speaker Dade Phelan has established the new committee to review all proposed gun laws.
Commercial casinos are banned in Texas, but a political action committee funded by a Las Vegas corporation hopes to change that.
A prominent Democrat in the Texas House lashed out at Gov. Greg Abbott after the governor tweeted about Rittenhouse’s acquittal.
At least one Democrat on the Texas House Elections Committee expressed disappointment that some of her colleagues were left out.
"When we talk about the battle, when we talk about Texas independence, we need to refer to the Texas Declaration of Independence."
Under the bill, cities that are deemed to have "defunded" their police could have their property taxes frozen or revisit their previous annexation.
