But an amendment to the bill could keep the devices in place until cities’ contracts with vendors expire. Camera proponents say they make intersections safer, but critics say they undermine due process.
Arya Sundaram
Arya Sundaram was a reporting fellow for The Texas Tribune in 2019. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in American Studies and a concentration in ethnic studies and migrant communities. Before coming to the Tribune, Arya interned at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as a Paul Block Journalism Fellow and the Argentine Council for International Relations. She served as managing editor for The New Journal, the oldest longform magazine about Yale and New Haven.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas Senate removes exception that allows abortion after 20 weeks if the pregnancy is unviable
The bill would also prevent what abortion opponents call “discriminatory abortions” — where a woman or a doctor pursues an abortion on the basis of the fetus’ sex, race or disability.
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State Government
Texans could soon know more about how much money toll agencies spend after debt and maintenance costs are paid
The legislation wouldn’t remove tolls from roads that have had their construction costs paid off. But its author calls the required disclosure of revenues and expenses an act of transparency.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas may finally kill a program that can land poor people in jail for traffic fines
The Texas House tentatively approved a bill Thursday that would repeal the tough-to-kill Driver Responsibility Program, which critics say traps low-income drivers in a cycle of debt.
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Health care
Texas Senate advances bill requiring pre-abortion counseling
Supporters say the measure would prevent women from regretting an abortion after they have the procedure. But abortion rights advocates fear the bill lacks key protections, like a requirement for the counselor to be a licensed medical professional.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Electric scooters could soon be kicked off Texas sidewalks, if state Senate gets its way
The upper chamber passed a bill Wednesday that would add several restrictions on the popular, but controversial, machines. The measure would require scooter renters to be at least 16 years old and it would prohibit more than one person from riding at a time.
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State Government
Could Texas high-speed rail hit a speed bump this session?
Lawmakers are pushing more measures than ever before that could delay the Dallas-Houston bullet train project — and there’s even a special subcommittee tackling the topic.
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Texas House advances resolution to allow Texans to vote on daylight saving time
The Texas House passed a resolution that would scrap twice-a-year time changes and ask voters to decide the future of “Texas Time.”
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Health care
Texas House approves “born alive” abortion bill
The House tentatively signed off on a bill Tuesday that would grant legal protections to babies born after failed abortion attempts, though such instances are extremely rare.
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Higher Education
The Texas State student senate voted to bar a conservative group. Then Gov. Abbott questioned if the school deserves state funding.
Texas State University administrators and the student body president blocked the student senate’s attempt to ban the conservative group Turning Point USA from campus.