Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson stop by Texas Capitol to promote film incentives
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing for Senate Bill 22, actors and Texas natives Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson urged state lawmakers to boost those incentives by passing the bill. SB 22 ...
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El Paso teachers' unions advocate increased school funding, decry vouchers at Texas legislature
El Paso teachers’ union leaders headed to the Capitol to advocate for school funding as many districts throughout the county ...
Why the Silver-Haired Legislature is honoring former Texas House Speaker Gib Lewis
Jennifer Perkins, a former board president of the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation, said the organization wanted to ...
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Texas Senate panel approves $500 million infusion for film incentives
The bill would more than double the amount of money Texas spends to lure film and television projects and has the backing of ...
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson spotlight film incentives during Texas Capitol visit
Hollywood hit the halls of the Texas Capitol on Monday when actors Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson brought star power ...
Midterm elections could mean a changing of the guard in Texas politics, sort of
Paxton is a favorite of hard-right Republican activists who strongly influence GOP primaries. He beat a 2023 impeachment ...
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Store, harvest, fix: How Texas can save its water supply
State lawmakers are poised to devote billions to save the state’s water supply. These are some of the ways the state could ...
Panhandle firefighters lost in line of duty to be honored in Austin
Two Panhandle firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty over the past two years will be honored at the State ...
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Two Panhandle firemen will be honored at the State Capitol
According to the State Firefighters’ and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas, this ceremony honors firefighters who lost ...
'Who gets to be American?' | Texans protest bills that would ban some foreign land ownership
House Bill 17 would ban some people, companies and government entities from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from buying ...
State of Texas: 'This is what our citizens want,' Senate vote near for bill requiring sheriffs to partner with ICE
Legislation to require Texas sheriffs to participate in federal immigration enforcement moves closer to a vote at the Capitol. The legislation has raised concern about the effect on immigrant ...
Capitol Context: As Austin ‘district’ plan fails, a check on Washington, D.C.
A proposal to turn the City of Austin into the ‘District of Austin’ — essentially under state control — failed this week in ...