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Two sessions in a row, legislation to ban taxpayer-funded lobbying has been killed by Republican House members.
Two sessions in a row, legislation to ban taxpayer-funded lobbying has been killed by Republican House members.
Fort Worth will use taxpayer money to lobby for expanded broadband, early childhood education, and laws protecting people based on their sexual orientation.
The keynote issue for the July special session will be the election reform legislation that died on the last night of the regular session.
This week — a group of Republicans vote to kill the taxpayer-funded lobbying ban, House and Senate bicker over session accomplishments, and the staffer at the center of the lobbyist date-rape drug false allegations resigns.
Proponents of a ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying have come up empty for the second session in a row.
A prospective ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying has faced multiple rounds of revisions throughout the 87th Legislative Session.
With only until the end of the month for lawmakers to pass bills, here’s where the progress on the Texas GOP’s legislative priorities currently stands.
The House State Affairs Committee hearing considered a years-in-the-making ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying early Friday morning.
This week — a look at Texas politics this week as committee hearings rapidly heated up.
A ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying is gaining steam after the state's three highest-level elected officials backed the idea and a new bill was filed in the senate.
The caucus laid out its priorities for this session which include emergency powers reform, a prohibition against hormone therapy for minors, and election integrity.
The Texas legislature convenes today for its 87th regular session with only 140 days to complete its business.