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Gov. Greg Abbott speaks on the north steps of the State Capitol to supporters at a Texas Public Policy Foundation Parent Empowerment rally on March 21, 2023. Abbott called lawmakers to Austin for a special session to pass school vouchers.

Texas Legislature 2023

How Gov. Greg Abbott lost a yearlong fight to create school vouchers

By Patrick Svitek, Zach Despart and Brian LopezDec. 22, 2023

The governor projected confidence throughout 2023 that vouchers would pass. But his insistence on universal eligibility ensured his failure to convince 21 House Republican holdouts.

State Rep. John Raney, R-College Station, lays out his bill HB 355 in the House Higher Education Committee on March 22, 2017. Raney's bill would forbid registered sex offenders from residing in college dorms to help curb the crime o sexual assaults on Texas college campuses.

Criminal Justice

House committee backs banning most sex offenders from living on college campuses

By Cassandra Pollock and Alex SamuelsApril 5, 2017

Most registered sex offenders would be barred from living on college campuses under a bill unanimously approved by a House committee Wednesday.

Higher Education

Lawmakers to Examine Ballooning Cost of Tuition Program for Veterans

By Alana Rocha and Todd WisemanSept. 11, 2016

After failed attempts last year to limit eligibility for the Hazlewood Act, school officials will meet with House lawmakers at the Capitol Tuesday to discuss ways to pay for it.

The House of Representatives on May 14, 2015.

Politics

Straus, and Most of His House Allies, Survive Challenges From Right

By Matthew WatkinsMarch 1, 2016

House Speaker Joe Straus sailed to victory in his re-election bid and he avoided a significant net loss in fights between hard right conservatives and his lieutenants elsewhere in the state.

State Government

TribLive: A Conversation With Kacal, Raney and Schwertner

By Evan SmithMarch 29, 2014

Full video of my 3/27 TribLive conversation at Texas A&M University in College Station with state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, and state Reps. Kyle Kacal, R-College Station, and John Raney, R-College Station.

A Tesla Model S. The California-based electric automaker had considered Texas for its $5 billion lithium-ion battery factory. The company is also hoping to sell cars in Texas but does not have required franchise dealerships, as state law requires.

Health care

The Brief: March 27, 2014

By John ReynoldsMarch 27, 2014

Executives with the electric carmaker Tesla Motors met on Wednesday with government officials in San Antonio, according to the San Antonio Express-News, a development sure to spur further talk about Texas’ odds of landing the company’s $5 billion battery plant.