During a “bipartisan, bilingual, binational” rally, U.S. Reps. Will Hurd and Joaquin Castro spoke out against President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.
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Mariana Alfaro was a reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune in 2017. A graduate of Northwestern University, where she studied journalism and history of the Americas, Mariana worked as a reporter and editor for The Daily Northwestern and has published work in sites such as The Washington Post, US News and World Report and La Prensa Gráfica. The Salvadoran native is always up for a good breakfast taco or a discussion on Selena's key role in today's Latino culture.
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Abbott joins Trump in announcement of new McAllen call center
Gov. Greg Abbott joined President Donald Trump in Washington for the announcement of a new “fully bilingual” call center in McAllen.
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Public Education
School leaders welcome proposed changes to A-F system
During a House Public Education Committee hearing, education experts and activists testified on legislation related to the state’s A-F accountability system for public schools and districts.
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Health care
Senate gives approval to two abortion-related bills
The upper chamber gave final passage to a bill that would ban what opponents call “partial-birth” abortions and put restrictions on donating fetal tissue, and initial approval to one that would ban doctors from performing dilation and evacuation abortions.
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Transportation
Senate panel considers bills that would draw Uber and Lyft back to Austin
A Senate committee heard testimony on three bills that would override local regulations concerning ride-hailing companies.
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Transportation
Watch a hearing on bills aimed at drawing Uber and Lyft back to Austin
A Senate committee is scheduled to take up three bills Tuesday aimed at overriding local regulation of ride-hailing companies that prompted Uber and Lyft to leave Austin and other Texas cities last year.
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Critics say governor’s cuts to Travis County hurt Veterans Court program
In response to Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez’s defense of sanctuary cities, Gov. Greg Abbott canceled $1.5 million in grants set to go to the county, leaving the Veterans Court program in a budget crunch.
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Criminal Justice
Senate passes bill on inappropriate teacher-student relationships
Senate Bill 7 would punish school principals and superintendents who fail to report teachers with a history of inappropriate romantic or sexual relationships with students.
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Health care
Rep. Doggett: Obamacare repeal bill goes to U.S. House committees Wednesday
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett said a GOP plan to repeal Obamacare will be reviewed by the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees in the U.S. House on Wednesday.
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Demographics
Recent raids drive immigrant families to passport scramble
Fearing deportation, immigrant families are crowding passport lines across the state as undocumented parents seek U.S. passports for their American children.