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School Vouchers Take Center Stage in Texas’ Most Flippable State House District

On San Antonio’s South Side, a progressive Democrat faces off with an architect of the new private school voucher program.

by Eden Shamy

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‘I Didn’t Have a Choice’

Texas women like Jeni Putalavage-Ross are already making agonizing decisions about abnormal pregnancies. Some anti-abortion lawmakers would put them in an even more impossible situation.

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Lege Enters Bloodmatch Portion of Session

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Dan Patrick’s Senate is Moving at a Glacial Pace

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In the Wee Hours, a House Budget is Born

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Winners and Losers in the House Committee Assignments

by Christopher Hooks

Jan 13, 2015

Joe Straus Easily Re-Elected House Speaker

by Christopher Hooks

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A Last-Ditch Effort to Rein in Payday Loans

by Forrest Wilder

May 04, 2013

House Endorses Prison Closures, Re-Entry Programs

by Olivia Messer

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