News Article | June 27, 2025
What We're Reading
See how your representatives in the Texas Legislature voted on this year’s major bills (The Texas Tribune)
Analysis: The 2025 Texas House, from right to left (The Texas Tribune)
The Nine Lawmakers (and One Lobbyist) Who Tell the Story of the Session (Texas Monthly)
How Dustin Burrows overcame GOP criticism, led conservative policies (Austin American-Statesman)
Texas Legislature approved changes to election law, but some key GOP proposals stalled (Votebeat Texas)
THC regulation, protecting victims of human trafficking up for consideration in upcoming special legislative session (KXAN-TV Austin)
17 possible amendments to the Texas Constitution will be on the ballot this November. Here’s the list. (KTBC-TV Austin)
Gov. Abbott: Lawmakers must rein in local governments’ ability to hike property tax rates (Community Impact)
With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program (The Texas Tribune)
State DOGEs’ next frontiers could preempt local authority (Route Fifty)
FEMA, which serves 5 states from Denton office, targeted by White House (Denton Record-Chronicle)
Panhandle State Hospital breaks ground in Amarillo (Amarillo Globe-News)
State audit finds major lapses in Texas jail oversight system (Texas Public Radio)
Texas is getting older, but its child population is growing (The Texas Tribune)
Announcing 2025 NACo Achievement Award Winners (National Association of Counties)