#specialsession — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #specialsession, aggregated by home.social.
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Logic-Free #Taxation Madness!
#EnergySources are literally not where the rubber meets the road.
As far as structural maintenance costs for #road #transportation systems go, #tire usage – by weight – much more closely tracks real costs, #fiscal and #environmental.
Whether powered by cow farts, fossils, or fusion, all road users have #tires.
#Corporations hate this idea. Guess why.
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A Texas House panel on Thursday advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test, but not without some Democrats lamenting the changes the lower chamber made to reach an agreement with the Senate.
#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Texas #SpecialSession #Staar #STAARTest #STAARTesting #TexasLegislature
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Some survivors of the Kerr County Flood said they feel like political pawns – caught in the middle of lawmakers’ games – while they desperately need relief.
#Local #News #Politics #Texas #CentralTexasFlooding #GovGregAbbott #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession
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Texas House Democrats seem set on remaining out of state as long as it takes to block a new Republican-backed congressional map. What does that mean for business at the Capitol?
#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #GregAbbott #KUT #SpecialSession #TexasHouseRepresentativeGeneWu
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Texas Republicans will again try to convene the state Legislature for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor, an effort that already sparked a national political brawl and prompted Democratic lawmakers to leave the state.
#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #GovGregAbbott #SpecialSession #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting
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Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the STAAR test as part of the upcoming special session. It's unclear how that will address the problems critics have with the way standardized tests are used in Texas.
#Education #EducationNews #HISD #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #SpecialSession #STAARTest #StandardizedTesting #TexasGovGregAbbott #TexasPublicSchools
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Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the STAAR test as part of the upcoming special session. It's unclear how that will address the problems critics have with the way standardized tests are used in Texas.
#Education #EducationNews #HISD #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #SpecialSession #STAARTest #StandardizedTesting #TexasGovGregAbbott #TexasPublicSchools
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Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for a rare, mid-decade round of congressional redistricting as part of a packed agenda for the Texas Legislature’s special session, set to begin July 21.
#Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #GovGregAbbott #HoustonCongressionalSeat #REDISTRICTING #SpecialSession #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting
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Here is a list of the 26 bills vetoed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, along with his reasons for preventing the proposed legislation from becoming law.
#News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislativeSession #AbbottVetos #GovGregAbbott #SpecialSession #Veto
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#California Announces #SpecialSession To #Protect #Trans #People: Here's How They Could Do It.
#Governor #GavinNewsom has called a special section to #protect #LGBTQ+ #people, #abortionrights, and #immigrants from #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump. There are many ways the #State #legislature can #stepup for #transgender #citizens.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #DemocraticParty #Allies
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/california-announces-special-session
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#California #governor calls #specialsession to #protect the state from the #Negative #impacts of a #Trump #presidency
The #attorneysgeneral in #blue #states across the #country announced they were also #gearingup for a #legal #fight.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
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#LindseyGraham visits #Nebraska on behalf of #Trump #campaign to push for #electoral #vote #Allocation #change.
The #senator from 3SouthCarolina wants the #governor to call a #specialsession to put forward #legislation that would make #Nebraska a #winnertakeall #state in the #ElectoralCollege.