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Texas Senate News: Senate approves total ban on THC

Hill Country Community Journal 31 Mar 2025
No product containing any amount of any form of THC, the psychoactive chemical present in cannabis, could be legally sold in Texas under a bill passed by the Senate last week. The bill comes in response to the explosion of ....
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What is a faculty senate? As Texas lawmakers seek to regulate them, some defend its merit

Austin American-Statesman 31 Mar 2025
Senates are ubiquitous in Texas and U.S. higher education now, said Joseph Velasco, who spoke to the Statesman as an individual and as president of the Texas Council of Faculty Senates, said. Texas ...
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Texas bill would require citizenship proof to vote. Why rights groups say it’s dangerous.

Austin American-Statesman 31 Mar 2025
Though state and federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting, Senate Bill 16 by Mineola Republican Sen ... SB 16 passed the Senate State Affairs Committee and was sent to the full Senate last week.
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How well is your school district teaching kids? State releases assessments

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 31 Mar 2025
TX Senate ... The Texas Senate Education Committee approved school voucher legislation... The Texas Education Agency released the Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR) for the 2023-2024 school year.The ...
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Teachers Unions Utilize ‘NewsGuard’ to Censor Education

The American Spectator 31 Mar 2025
This was being used in so many schools that it caught the attention of Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who wrote to Microsoft last year. ... Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently ...
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Colleges face steep cuts in US funding

China Daily 31 Mar 2025
In Texas, when both the House and the Senate unveiled their state budget proposals a month ago, both included an item eliminating the institutional enhancement fund that provided $423 million to Texas universities in the last budget cycle.
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California strengthens Bitcoin rights with new bill

The Bitcoin News 31 Mar 2025
California is setting a new standard in digital asset regulation ... states ... The Texas Senate passed a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill by a vote of 25-5 on March 6, while Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed a Bitcoin Rights Act into law on March 24 ... .
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The Voice of Trump

The Atlantic 31 Mar 2025
Cheung launched his own political-consulting company, Solgence, and worked on rapid response for Republican Senate candidates in Nevada and Texas.
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TX Senate passes bipartisan death penalty bill

Henderson News 30 Mar 2025
AUSTIN – In a powerful show of unity, the Texas ...
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The SAVE Act doesn't improve election security. It would just make voting harder | Letters

Austin American-Statesman 30 Mar 2025
March 21 article, "East Texas lawmaker wants to name I-35 after Trump" ... I'm pretty sure they know that not every Texas family subscribes to their beliefs ... Mark Warren, AustinAmerica needs Texas' senior senator to speak up.
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Arizona’s Digital Asset Reserve Bills Move Forward, But Governor’s Veto Threat Looms

CryptoPotato 30 Mar 2025
Similar efforts in other states include TexasSenate passing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill (SB-21) on March 6 with a 25-5 vote, though it still needs to clear the House and gain the governor’s signature.
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Debate over the abortion pill mifepristone resurfaces after new FDA chief confirmed

York News-Times 30 Mar 2025
It's not clear which specific bills will make it to their respective governors' desks—in Texas, Seago, said, his organization expects more medication-specific legislation to be filed in the state ...
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Abbott, Texas Film Commission to hold online workshop for towns to be 'Film Friendly'

Times Record News 29 Mar 2025
With the Texas Senate proposing to boost the Lone Star State's dreams of becoming the motion picture capital of the world — by injecting $500 million into the industry, Gov ... For more information, visit gov.texas.gov/film/page/fftx_workshops.
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