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Two years after a district court declared that a new state law diluting the policy-making power of blue urban areas was unconstitutional, an appeals court on Friday overruled that decision.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/07/18/526773/appeals-court-upholds-texas-law-limiting-cities-enforcement-of-local-ordinances/

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Two years after Texas lawmakers enacted a sweeping law aimed at sapping authority from the state’s urban areas, GOP legislators once more have advanced bills intended to stop local governments from adopting progressive policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/05/520529/texas-republican-lawmakers-may-financially-handcuff-cities-that-dont-play-by-their-rules/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #DeathStarBill #GuaranteedIncomeProgram #TexasAttorneyGeneral #TexasRepublicans

Two years after Texas lawmakers enacted a sweeping law aimed at sapping authority from the state’s urban areas, GOP legislators once more have advanced bills intended to stop local governments from adopting progressive policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/05/520529/texas-republican-lawmakers-may-financially-handcuff-cities-that-dont-play-by-their-rules/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #DeathStarBill #GuaranteedIncomeProgram #TexasAttorneyGeneral #TexasRepublicans

Two years after Texas lawmakers enacted a sweeping law aimed at sapping authority from the state’s urban areas, GOP legislators once more have advanced bills intended to stop local governments from adopting progressive policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/05/520529/texas-republican-lawmakers-may-financially-handcuff-cities-that-dont-play-by-their-rules/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #DeathStarBill #GuaranteedIncomeProgram #TexasAttorneyGeneral #TexasRepublicans

Two years after Texas lawmakers enacted a sweeping law aimed at sapping authority from the state’s urban areas, GOP legislators once more have advanced bills intended to stop local governments from adopting progressive policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/05/520529/texas-republican-lawmakers-may-financially-handcuff-cities-that-dont-play-by-their-rules/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #DeathStarBill #GuaranteedIncomeProgram #TexasAttorneyGeneral #TexasRepublicans

Two years after Texas lawmakers enacted a sweeping law aimed at sapping authority from the state’s urban areas, GOP legislators once more have advanced bills intended to stop local governments from adopting progressive policies.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/05/520529/texas-republican-lawmakers-may-financially-handcuff-cities-that-dont-play-by-their-rules/

#HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #DeathStarBill #GuaranteedIncomeProgram #TexasAttorneyGeneral #TexasRepublicans

Republican state lawmakers will make another push to bar local governments from spending public funds on lobbying.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/01/01/508391/republicans-prepare-fresh-effort-to-ban-local-governments-from-using-public-funds-for-lobbying/

#News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislativeSession #DeathStarBill #Lobbying #LocalGovernment #SenMayesMiddleton #UHHobbySchoolOfPublicAffairs

Report: One in four clean energy workers say they have seen or experienced a work-related injury

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/08/19/497193/report-one-in-four-clean-energy-workers-have-reported-theyve-seen-or-experienced-a-work-related-injury/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #Texas #DeathStarBill #HeatIllnesses #WorkingInExtremeHeat