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Texas Lottery Commission passes ban on purchasing lotto tickets through online courier services
The Texas Lottery Commission’s move to ban couriers, which allow lottery tickets to be purchased online through a third-party source, comes after the Texas Legislature considered several pieces of legislation...
Nina Banks
04/30/2025 Online
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City of Houston eGovernment Center
City of Houston Announces Plans to Host U.S. Navy Fleet Week in November
Watch the Video: Mayor John Whitmire and U.S. Navy Admiral Caudle announce Fleet Week Details April 29, 2025 -- Mayor John Whitmire, joined by U.S. Navy Admiral Daryl Caudle, Commander of the U.S. Fleet...
04/30/2025 Online
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Texas Standard Statewide
Texas House Democrats end political standoff, green-light constitutional amendment proposals
...to amend the controversial school voucher bill. Republicans didn’t give in. By Blaise Gainey, The Texas NewsroomApril 30, 2025 9:30 amGovernment & Politics, The Texas Newsroom Michael Minasi / KUT News...
04/30/2025 Online
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KIII TV 3 (Corpus Christi)
Wide-ranging crackdown on abortion pills passes Texas Senate
...for a medication abortion in Kansas City, Kan., on, Oct. 12, 2022. Author: Eleanor Klibanoff (The Texas Tribune) Published: 7:43 AM CDT April 30, 2025 Updated: 9:13 AM CDT April 30, 2025 TEXAS, USA...
Eleanor Klibanoff (the Texas Tribune)
04/30/2025 Online
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NewsRadio 1080 KRLD
Texas Senate OKs effort to clarify medical exceptions under state’s abortion ban
Sen. Bryan Hughes and other lawmakers gathered for a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2025, to speak about the upcoming set of bills aimed at revamping Texans' diets as part of the 'Make Texas Healthy...
Nadia Lathan
04/30/2025 Online
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Abilene Reporter-News
Texas lawmakers want to exempt police from deadly conduct charges
Texas Tribune When Austin police responded to a 911 call in a downtown high rise in 2019, they confronted Mauris DeSilva a few feet away from the elevator, in a mental health crisis holding a knife. Christopher...
04/30/2025 Online
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Tilman Fertitta, Houston Rockets owner, confirmed as US ambassador to Italy
...while serving as ambassador. While introducing Fertitta during his Senate confirmation hearing, Sen. John Cornyn praised Fertitta as "one of the nation’s most prominent businessmen," and as a voice in the...
04/30/2025 Online
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Texas House approves antisemitism bill in response to pro-Palestinian protests
AUSTIN - The Texas House on Tuesday gave initial approval to a measure that would require schools to use a common but controversial definition of antisemitism in student disciplinary proceedings. The bill...
04/30/2025 Online
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Texas Senate advances 'Life of the Mother Act'on unanimous vote
...does not include any provisions for pregnancies that involve lethal fetal anomalies. State Senator Sarah Eckhardt of Austin was among them. "If your pregnancy falls outside of this politically determined...
04/30/2025 Online
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Columbus Banner Press
TEA releases 2023 A-F accountability ratings
...goal of raising career readiness expectations to help students," said Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath. A separate, ongoing lawsuit has delayed the release of more recent ratings from the 20232024...
04/30/2025 Online
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KAVU (ABC) 25 (Victoria)
The Texas House wants voters to approve billions to save the state’s water supply
LUBBOCK — The Texas House on Tuesday approved a key piece of legislation that brings Texas one step closer to investing $1 billion annually to address the state’s water shortage. House Joint Resolution...
04/30/2025 Online
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Houston Defender
State Rep. Harold Dutton Jr. files legislation for Black families, public schools and juvenile justice
State Rep. Harold Dutton Jr.’s legislative priorities span education equity, family law reform, environmental justice and Medicaid expansion. Credit: AP State Rep. Harold Dutton Jr., representing District...
Tannistha Sinha
04/30/2025 Online
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Cornyn Praises US-Mexico Water Agreement
Texas lawmakers are praising a new agreement to send more water to communities along the southern border. The USDA and the State Department brokered the agreement, which will see Mexico release water into...
04/30/2025 Online
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kisselpaso​.‌com
Texas Lottery Commission Collapsing Amid Scandal
Things are getting messier at the Texas Lottery Commission. Just a week after its executive director resigned, the commission banned all third-party lottery courier services, and now, there’s real talk...
04/30/2025 Online
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NewsRadio 740 - KTRH
Trump Says He Will Make An Endorsement In Texas' Senate Race
The race between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton is heating up, with President Trump recently announcing that he is planning on making an endorsement. He did, however, decline to say which of the two GOP candidates...
Ethan Buchanan
04/30/2025 Online
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KXXV (ABC) 25 (Waco)
House Bill 2683 could simplify permits for food truck owners
...Chantale Belefanti, your Neighborhood Reporter for China Spring, Hillsboro, and Valley Mills. HILLSBORO, Texas (KXXV) — During the 89th Legislative Session, lawmakers will discuss House Bill 2683. The bill would...
Chantale Belefanti
04/30/2025 Online
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