Texas House Representative Philip Cortez and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar introduced a bill during Tuesday’s House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence meeting to enforce harsher penalties for vehicle burglaries in Bexar County.

Texas House Representative Philip Cortez filed a bill that would allow all Central Catholic High School alumni to have their own personalized license plates.

Among the most competitive races on the Bexar County ballot for Texas House include District 118, which features Republican incumbent John Lujan and Democrat Kristian Carranza. The other Texas House race that’s expected to be competitive is District 121 between Marc LaHood and Laurel Jordan Swift.

The Republican candidate for Texas House District 117 was charged with driving while intoxicated and unlawful carry of a weapon overnight following a crash along a San Antonio highway, booking records obtained by KSAT Investigates Wednesday show.

Rep. Philip Cortez (D-San Antonio) and Sen. Jose Menendez (D-San Antonio) have filed identical bills in the Texas House and Senate to void any remaining contracts that violate the 2019 ban on red light cameras. Balcones Heights and Leon Valley are two of only three remaining cities that have them in Texas.

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Housing advocates worry some Texans won’t get the help they need as the state enters the cold winter months.

Republicans believe they have already compromised enough on the legislation, while Democrats are distrustful of both the policy driving the bill and their GOP colleagues after seeing how they have managed the process around the proposal so far.

The warrant to apprehend state Rep. Philip Cortez is the first one signed by the speaker since more than 50 House Democrats left the state to block Republicans from having the quorum needed to pass legislation during the special legislative session.

Rep. Philip Cortez, D-San Antonio, is back in Texas to negotiate with Republicans on proposed election legislation. Cortez was previously in Washington DC with fellow Democrats to take part in a quorum-busting walkout.

For the second time in less than a month, Vice President Kamala Harris met Tuesday with many of the Texas House Democrats who had already broken quorum once before over proposed voting restrictions.

As he sat in a plane that was minutes away from departing to Washington D.C., state Rep. Philip Cortez, D-San Antonio, spoke to KSAT 12 on Monday about why Texas House Democrats decided to leave the state and break quorum (again).

“Unfortunately, those delays caused a lot of pain, headaches and heartaches in terms of people just trying to keep a roof over their heads for themselves and their families,” said state Rep. Philip Cortez.