AT THE CAPITOL
(Courtesy Ejaz Karamali)
Williamson County state legislators set priorities as session begins
After every decennial census, states and local jurisdictions must go through a process known as redistricting: redrawing the boundaries for representation. (Ali Linan/Community Impact Newspaper)
More congressional seats, equal populations: What redistricting means for Texas in 2021
House Bill 332 would provide millions in state aid funds and authorize schools to use compensatory education allotment funds to hire counselors for social-emotional needs, train teachers through trauma-informed care methods and create social-emotional programs. (Jack Flagler/Community Impact Newspaper)
State Rep. James Talarico files house bill to implement social-emotional learning programs in Texas schools
The bill is one of several Schwertner plans to put forward during the 87th Texas legislative session, which begins Jan. 12. (Ali Linan/Community Impact Newspaper)
State Sen. Charles Schwertner focuses on college affordability in new bill
The 87th legislative session will begin Jan. 12, 2021. (Courtesy Fotolia)
State Rep. John Bucy's initial legislation priorities include Medicaid expansion, voting rights
Gov. Greg Abbott announced a proposal Aug. 18 to keep cities from increasing property tax revenue if they decrease police department funding. (Screenshot of April 17 press conference)
Gov. Greg Abbott says he will freeze cities' abilities to increase property tax revenue if they cut police funding
Texas schools reopening
Gov. Greg Abbott: Texas students will return to school campuses this fall
State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez announced March 7 he is officially seeking election for the state Senate District 14 seat. (Courtesy Eddie Rodriguez)
State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez officially jumps into race for Kirk Watson’s Senate seat
Texasu2019 Hispanic residents are hard to count: About 66 percent of the state's residents u2014 and 85 percent of Texas Hispanics u2014 live in census tracts that exceed the national average for low response scores. All of the stateu2019s 5,265 tracts are shown as dots in the chart below, along with the percentage of Hispanics in each tract. An analysis of the data shows that the higher the percentage of Hispanics in a census tract, the more likely the tract is to be hard to count.n
State news: Ahead of 2020 census, Texans are becoming even harder to count
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, speaks against SB 4 outside the San Marcos City Council Chamber in August 2017.
Federal appeals court's ruling upholds most of Texas' 'sanctuary cities' law
This election cycle has an unusually high number of prominent open races, with eight Texans in the U.S. House opting not to run for re-election, and more than a dozen in the Texas Legislature doing the same.
Primary elections are 'just as important': Everything Williamson County voters need to know about casting a ballot in the 2018 Texas primaries
This election cycle has an unusually high number of prominent open races, with eight Texans in the U.S. House opting not to run for re-election, and more than a dozen in the Texas Legislature doing the same.
Everything Travis County voters need to know about casting a ballot in the 2018 Texas primaries
Democratic U.S Representative candidates for Texas District 10 election answer questions about policies, priorities
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
In report, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasts economic growth, record unemployment
Jean Gearhart gives a tearful statement with her husband Troy Gearhart to the panel about her special needs child. U.S. Department of Education officials held a meeting in Edinburg on their tour of Texas to hear community members' experiences with special education.
Texas Education Agency releases plan to reform special education