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The measure is a response to the dozens of children who died at Camp Mystic and other youth camps in the Texas Hill Country during the July 4 flood.
Lawmakers in the Texas House will vote on six bills aimed at addressing the Central Texas floods that killed 137 people.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNFormer Speaker Dade Phelan won’t seek reelection to Texas House
As speaker, Phelan oversaw passage of numerous conservative priorities, but he gave up the gavel under pressure from the far right over the House’s impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Rep. Nicole Collier’s overnight stay stemmed from Republicans in the Texas House requiring returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public Safety officers to leave the floor. Collier, of Fort Worth, refused and remained on the House floor Monday night.
Democratic Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier spent Monday night on the state's House floor after refusing Texas Republicans' demands.
The Wichita Falls home was commissioned by Walter D. Cline, a "wildcatter" and self-made oil baron. See photos of the historical home and learn about Cline's legacy.
SAN ANTONIO - Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago are expected back in Austin on Monday, and the showdown in the State House is shaping up to be historic. Repub