March 16, 2017 by Cary Cheshire In a stunning move, the Texas House voted overwhelmingly to support Democrat efforts to hamstring the state’s economy by raising the minimum wage. Earlier today, State Rep. Hugh Shine (R–Belton) moved to suspend the rules and fast track a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage by almost …
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March 15, 2017 Yesterday, Tuesday, March 14, the Texas Senate approved SB 6, “The Women’s Privacy Act,” by a vote of 21-10, and sent it to the Texas House for approval. The bill is also known as the “No Men in Women’s Bathrooms!” Bill. Over the last week, Dr. Steven Hotze and Jared Woodfill, respectively …
by Emily Cook CRTX News Contributor The House Committee on Elections, chaired by State Representative Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker), will be kept busy during the remainder of the 85th Session of the Texas Legislature. A slew of bills have been filed on both sides of the political aisles proposing changes to Texas’ election process. Several bills …
By Jared Woodfill, President, Conservative Republicans of Texas and Editor-in-Chief, CRTXNews.com At CRTXNews.com, we want to keep you posted on bills as they are filed. The follow bills were filed on 2.14.17. SB 893 by Sen. Bryan Hughes protects government employees who believe marriage should be between one man and one woman. We will provide …
by Emily Cook What’s happening in the Texas Capitol? For the Texas Senate, a lot. For the Texas House of Representatives, a whole lot of nothing. Early this week, the Texas Senate prioritized and debated two important bills – Senate Bill 14 by Senator Van Taylor (R-Plano) and Senate Bill 4 by Senator Charles Perry …
by Dale Forbis Texas lawmakers are considering two bills on the use of public restrooms. The one introduced in the house this week would stop local governments from setting bathroom use policies for private businesses and would ban policies in public schools allowing more than one gender to use the same facility. The head of …
Via KHOU | http://www.khou.com/news/local/texas/tourism-leaders-concerned-bathroom-bill-could-cost-houston-major-events/385629371
by Bob Price The 85th Session of the Texas Legislature opened in Austin with a slew of pro- and anti-Second Amendment bills. One of the bills filed in December by State Senators Robert Nicols (R-Jacksonville) and Joan Huffman (R-Houston) would remove the fees associated with the Texas License to Carry. The removal of fees would …
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The Texas legislature will kick off later today in Austin, and it looks like there will be some fierce battles in the state capitol. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick has thrown his full support behind SB 6, otherwise known as the Privacy Protection Act, which would ban transgender people from using the bathrooms of their choice. …
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst unveil the text of Senate Bill 6, which would require transgender people to use bathrooms in public schools, government buildings and universities based on “biological sex,” on Jan. 5, 2017. Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune by Alexa Ura, Bobby Blanchard and Todd Wiseman After months …
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