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The 89th legislative session is underway as Houston-area representatives begin filing bills. (Hannah Norton/Community Impact)

Buried power line study, partisan school board elections: 5 proposed bills from Houston-area lawmakers

By Aubrey Vogel, Jessica Shorten, Emily Lincke

With the 89th Texas legislative session underway, Houston-area lawmakers have begun working on hundreds of bills they hope to pass into law. Priorities for local representatives and senators include power line durability, enhancing Texas’s electric grid and school board elections.

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