by Andrew McVeigh | Oct 19, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
We are now ten days into the third Special Session of the Texas Legislature. While school choice has been a focal point of the session thus far, another major area of concern is the ongoing border crisis and illegal immigration. After the entire regular...
by TFR Staff | Oct 16, 2023 | Texe Lege
The race to fill the vacant seat for Texas House District 2 is underway, with the special election now less than a month out. One candidate, Jill Dutton, has thrown her hat into the ring, hoping that Voters in HD-2 will send her down to Austin to represent them...
by Andrew McVeigh | Oct 5, 2023 | 88th TXLege, News
Rumors had abounded for months that Governor Abbott was going to call a third special session to address so-called “school choice.” The third special session of the year has officially been called by Governor Abbott, with the State Legislature to convene in Austin at...
by Andrew McVeigh | Oct 4, 2023 | Explainers, State
The Texas State Legislature meets for its Constitutionally-required regular session once every odd-numbered year for 140 days from roughly mid-January to the end of May. The Governor can call additional special sessions of thirty days at any point outside of the...