Second special session gaveled to a close
The second special session of the Texas Legislature ended last Thursday with a new congressional map, flood relief and safety measures.
The second special session of the Texas Legislature ended last Thursday with a new congressional map, flood relief and safety measures.
Edinburg CISD announced Wednesday afternoon that one of the district’s buses was involved in an accident.
Nearly seven weeks ago on July 4, the Guadalupe River raged out of its banks and killed more than 130 people, including two teenage counselors and 25 young girls at Camp Mystic who had been asleep in their cabins before waking up to disaster.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation redrawing Texas’ congressional map on Friday. A lawsuit challenging the redrawn districts as being racially discriminatory was filed even before the bill became law.
With a quorum-breaking number of House Democrats still out of state, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gaveled the first special session to an end Friday. Gov. Greg Abbott immediately called a second special session that has already convened.
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