To state Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, State Farm is no good neighbor. After a judge ruled against the insurance giant on Monday, he dropped the home and car insurance policies he’s held with the company since 2000.
Christopher Smith Gonzalez
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Energy
Senate Approves Radioactive Waste Commission Plan
Today the Senate passed a couple of bills that outline how the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission should oversee a low-level radioactive waste dump planned for Andrews County.
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Criminal Justice
Senate OKs Merging Juvenile Justice Agencies
The Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission would be combined into a new Texas Juvenile Justice Department under a bill the Texas Senate approved today.
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State Government
Fight Over Alamo Continues in the Capitol
The dust-up over who should be the steward of the Alamo continued into today’s House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee, where three bills addressing the historic site were heard.
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State Government
State, Local Government Look to Curb Unfunded Mandates
Lawmakers are looking for ways to reduce the effects of budget cuts on local governments — community colleges, school districts, cities and counties — by easing the unfunded mandates the state imposes on them.
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State Government
Senate OKs School Guidelines for Food Allergies
A bill that would create a committee of experts, school officials and parents to develop guidelines for schools to use to craft food allergy protocols passed the Senate today.
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State Government
Supporters Rally Around Texas Historical Commission
With the strum of a guitar and the whine of fiddle strings, Ray Benson and two other members of his band Asleep At The Wheel kicked off a rally Thursday to support the Texas Historical Commission, which faces deep budget cuts.
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Energy
Senate Passes Groundwater Bill
The Texas Senate passed a much-discussed piece of groundwater legislation, voting 28-3 to approve a bill stating that landowners in the state have a “vested ownership interest” in the groundwater beneath their land.
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State Government
Supporters: Gaming Would Generate Needed Revenue
Allowing gambling in Texas could boost the economy, create thousands of jobs and help lawmakers close the state’s looming budget gap, gambling advocates told lawmakers in a House committee meeting today.
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Health care
Senate Committee Endorses Rural Hospital Hiring Doctors
Rural hospitals are one step closer to being able to directly hire doctors — something they say is necessary to attract new doctors to rural areas, but is not currently allowed by Texas law.