The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Once again the Texas House and its Speaker appointed committee chairman are killing important legislation – with the clock. Why do they not have the integrity, or guts, to just admit they oppose certain bills? Well, because they have neither integrity or guts.

But even with the sad reality of the same old bill killing going on, and much of it from Rep. Ken King, many good bills are making it through.

Items from the 89th Legislature mentioned:

• Prohibition on Local Taxpayer-Funded Gun ‘Buybacks’ Passes House
• TSRA calls for action today to support to important gun bills: SB 1362 and SB 1065.
• House Committee Kills Anti-ESG Effort in Late Vote
• Texas Values, National Groups Call for Texas House to Pass Texas Women’s Privacy Act on ‘Women’s Privacy Day of Action’
• Bill to protect parents against child abuse charges for refusing to go along with perversions of homosexuality and “trans” behavior passes House.
• House Passes Bipartisan Reform to Affordable Housing Tax Exemption Program
• House Transportation committee votes bill out that takes $25 million per year from Harris Co., gives it to City of Houston
• House panel debates proposal to penalize local governments any time a complaint is made that state law is being circumvented
• Details Emerge on Senate Remix of School Funding Bill

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San Antonio mother accused of aiding in son’s threats against local school.

Five Texas cities make national cheapests cities in which to retire list. Amarillo, Brownsville, El Paso, Corpus Christi, and Lubbock.

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