#dustinburrows — Public Fediverse posts

Discussion on legislation that would apply the same penalties for abortion in Texas as homicide was removed from the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee calendar for Tuesday, likely ending any chance of the proposal passing this session.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/04/23/519512/texas-lawmakers-ditch-discussion-on-controversial-bill-that-would-make-abortion-murder/

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After nearly 15 hours of discussion and animated debate, the Texas House approved a $337 billion budget for the next two years on a 118-26 vote.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/04/11/518558/texas-house-gives-approval-to-states-next-budget-to-the-tune-of-337-billion/

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The Texas Legislature is more than halfway through its 140-day session, a marathon of policy debating and bill considering.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/04/10/518419/with-less-than-two-months-to-go-the-texas-house-has-passed-only-16-bills-this-session-why/

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Gov. Greg Abbott signaled support for state Rep. David Cook of Mansfield for speaker of the Texas House in a cryptic social media post on Wednesday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/12/12/508557/gov-greg-abbott-signals-support-for-david-cook-over-dustin-burrows-in-gop-fight-for-house-speaker/

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