Capital Highlights: State climatologist: Texas getting hotter
By Gary Borders The state climatologist recently predicted that Texas will continue to get hotter…
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Capital Highlights: Abbott wants to increase illegal voting penalties
By Gary Borders Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the Texas Legislature to increase the penalty…
Capital Highlights: State election audits announced
By Gary Borders In a two-sentence press release, the secretary of state’s office announced an…
Capital Highlights: Disaster declaration follows Nicholas
By Gary Borders Seventeen Southeast Texas counties have been declared disaster areas after Hurricane Nicholas…
Capital Highlights: Governor Abbott calls third special session for Sept. 20
By Gary Borders Gov. Greg Abbott has called a third special legislative session to deal…
Capital Highlights: Abbott sued over mask-mandate ban
By Gary Borders A growing number of school districts, counties and cities have defied Gov.…
Capital Highlights: Delta variant spurs huge increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations
By Gary Borders The number of Texans hospitalized with lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases is increasing faster…
Capital Highlights: Eight proposed amendments on November ballot
By Gary Borders The order has been drawn for eight proposed amendments to the much-amended…
Capital Highlights: Workforce commission announces job surge
by Gary Borders The Texas Workforce Commission released June employment figures that showed Texas employers…
Capital Highlights: Absent lawmakers stymie special session
By Gary Borders Nearly 60 Texas House Democrats left the state last Monday for Washington,…