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Texas GOP senators want Ten Commandments in classrooms, time for prayer and Bible reading

Republican Texas lawmakers are renewing a push to infuse a greater religious influence in the state's public schools with a pair of bills introduced Monday in the state Senate. Here's what's proposed.

The Hill on MSN · 22h

Texas GOP lawmakers introduce bills to display Ten Commandments, read Bible in schools

Republicans in the Texas Senate introduced a bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools and have time set aside in the day for students to read the Bible. The

Yahoo · 1d

Texas lawmakers reattempt to bring prayer, Ten Commandments into classrooms

Bills filed in the Texas Senate are once again trying to bring prayer and the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms.

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Dallas Morning News on MSN · 1d

Texas Senate panel approves $140,000 property tax homestead exemption

Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle when a bipartisan committee voted unanimously

The Texas Tribune · 1d

Texas Senate panel votes to cut property taxes for homeowners

The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000.

Chron on MSN · 1d

Texas Senators file new bill for largest property tax exemption in history

Most Texas Senators have signed on to a new bill that increases the residence homestead exemption to $140,000. Twenty-nine Texas senators, headed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) made the move to lower property taxes,

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House GOP finally unveils budget plan for Trump’s agenda with space for at least $4.5T in tax cuts

House Republicans released their long-awaited budget resolution Wednesday, a major step in starting to craft legislation to ...

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Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s director of national intelligence

Until GOP support fell into place, it was unclear whether Gabbard’s nomination would succeed. Given the 53-47 split in the ...

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From drag queens to school vouchers, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lays out Texas Senate priorities

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the first 25 of 40 Texas Senate priority bills, outlining several hot-topic issues he says ...

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Texas Senate passes bill to allocate $1 billion in tax dollars for private school tuition

The Republican-led Texas Senate passed one of Gov. Greg Abbott's top legislative priorities Wednesday: school choice. The vote came closely along party lines, 19-12. It came after hours of ...

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Pres. Donald Trump praises Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Texas Senate on passing SB2

President Donald Trump praised the efforts of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in the Texas Senate's passing of SB2, which would create ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN2d

Texas bill that lets families use tax dollars for private schools swiftly sails through Senate

Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a Republican-backed bill that sailed through the Senate.

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House GOP skeptical it can advance Trump agenda by week’s end

House Republicans are growing increasingly skeptical that they can advance a framework for President Trump’s ambitious ...

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