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Driverless cars are multiplying on Texas roads. Hereās what you should know.
Read full article: Driverless cars are multiplying on Texas roads. Hereās what you should know.Autonomous vehicles, or AVs, are here. Tribune journalists took a ride in one recently and answer the biggest questions about whoās driving the driverless trend and how the state regulates them.
These 2 senators were the only Republicans to vote for Paxton impeachment articles
Read full article: These 2 senators were the only Republicans to vote for Paxton impeachment articlesKelly Hancock and Robert Nichols broke from the rest of their party, but longtime observers said they werenāt surprised.
Senate Republicans say House managers failed to meet high burden of proof
Read full article: Senate Republicans say House managers failed to meet high burden of proofDemocrats, however, said their GOP colleagues ācavedā to outside pressure in voting to acquit and return Ken Paxton to his job as attorney general.
As Texas Republican senators march in lockstep, Robert Nichols is willing to break away
Read full article: As Texas Republican senators march in lockstep, Robert Nichols is willing to break awayWhether itās supporting a rape exception for abortion or opposing school choice, Nichols has gone his own way on certain GOP priorities.
Texas Senate passes school safety bill that would require districts to bolster their active-shooter plans
Read full article: Texas Senate passes school safety bill that would require districts to bolster their active-shooter plansBoth chambers have said school safety is a priority this session after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school last year.
Economic incentives clear Senate committee as negotiations continue
Read full article: Economic incentives clear Senate committee as negotiations continueLawmakers are trying hard to come up with an agreement on how to replace an embattled 20-year tax abatement program for big companies that expired in December.
Abortion bills gain little traction as Texas Legislature turns its attention to LGBTQ restrictions
Read full article: Abortion bills gain little traction as Texas Legislature turns its attention to LGBTQ restrictionsTexasā abortion laws look likely to remain about where they were at the beginning of the legislative session, as key deadlines pass without any movement on abortion-related bills.
Texas Education Agency would have new power to enforce school safety plans under Senate bill
Read full article: Texas Education Agency would have new power to enforce school safety plans under Senate billThe bill, introduced months after the Uvalde school shooting, also allocates more funds to the stateās school safety allotment, which is money given to districts to improve campus security.
Texas senators seem open to major change in stateās public education funding formula
Read full article: Texas senators seem open to major change in stateās public education funding formulaSenators in the finance committee asked questions Monday about the pros and cons of basing the amount of money that schools get per student on enrollment instead of attendance. Districts say the change could mean millions in additional funding.
Leading anti-abortion group drops support of Texas lawmaker after he pledges to support exceptions for rape
Read full article: Leading anti-abortion group drops support of Texas lawmaker after he pledges to support exceptions for rapeOther anti-abortion groups and Republicans said they will continue to support state Sen. Robert Nichols after his comments at The Texas Tribune Festival.
Republican Texas senator says he will support new rape exceptions for abortion
Read full article: Republican Texas senator says he will support new rape exceptions for abortionOne of the longest-serving Republican state senators, Robert Nichols is among the first to say publicly heād support revising the stateās abortion prohibition. He spoke Friday at The Texas Tribune Festival.
Texas senators blast regulator for power grid winterization loophole lawmakers wrote into law
Read full article: Texas senators blast regulator for power grid winterization loophole lawmakers wrote into lawThe law says the state's natural gas system won't be required to prepare for extreme weather until 2022 at the earliest and allows companies to opt out of weatherization requirements.