The bills now head to the full House for debate. Versions already passed by the Senate are also pending. Each measure will need to be approved by both chambers before becoming law.
Giovanni Capriglione
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Texas Legislature 2019
Analysis: Some of the secrets of Texas government aren’t supposed to be secrets
The Texas Legislature, full of people who believe in open government and who also like to settle things quietly and outside of public view, is diving into open-government legislation.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas lawmakers look to the “cloud” for storing sensitive government data
In hopes of saving money on data storage, legislators are considering downsizing the state’s data centers and relying more on private tech companies.
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Politics
After a tough election night, “a wakeup call” for the Texas GOP’s hard right
Some favorite candidates of hardline conservatives lost their seats, while others won closer-than-expected races.
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Economy
Texas just opened the nation’s first state-run gold depository. Here’s what that means.
Texas lawmakers signed off on building the country’s first state-backed gold depository in 2015 after the project was reworked to ensure a private firm would absorb all the costs. Gov. Greg Abbott said at the time that the project would allow Texas to “repatriate” gold from New York.
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These Texas House Republicans were once backed by two prominent conservative groups. Now, they’re targets.
After helping several Republicans get elected to the Texas Legislature years ago, two prominent conservative groups are working to unseat them. Next week’s GOP primary could test how much sway those groups still hold.
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Economy
Texas taps private vendor to manage first state-run gold depository in U.S.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Wednesday that his office had picked an Austin-based company to build and operate the first state-administered gold depository in the country and that it could open as early as January.
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Health care
Gov. Greg Abbott’s top health appointee draws bipartisan fire at hearing
Both Republican and Democratic members of a key legislative oversight committee unloaded on Gov. Greg Abbott’s top health appointee Thursday, putting him and others on the hot seat for hours about alleged contracting abuses.
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Politics
TribLive: A Conversation About Ethics in the Lege
Full video of Ross Ramsey’s 5/16 TribLive conversation about ethics in the Texas Legislature with former Assistant Travis County District Attorney Mindy Montford, campaign finance lawyer Randall “Buck” Wood, state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake, and former state Rep. Ismael “Kino” Flores, D-Palmview.
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TribLive: Capriglione and Wood on Disclosing Donors
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake, and ethics and campaign finance lawyer Randall “Buck” Wood talked to the Tribune’s Ross Ramsey about transparency in political giving.