
Texas Tribune
February 10, 2025 at 08:53 PM
Welcome to the 5th week of Texas’ legislative session. A possible school voucher-like program has gotten lots of attention, but state leaders are also taking up other issues.
Daylight savings time — Texas lawmakers have filed various bills to eliminate the decades-long practice of changing the clocks twice a year. Under one of the bills, Texans would remain on standard time year-round: trib.it/AsfRLi
Local property taxes — Gov. Greg Abbott wants school districts and local governments to win approval from a two-thirds majority of voters if they want to raise their tax rates. Local officials and tax policy experts say this could hurt localities’ ability to keep up with demand for services such as roads, schools and public safety, as the state booms: trib.it/46xpeU
Texas colleges — Republican lawmakers want to ensure universities are complying with a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, limit the influence of professors on their campuses and crack down on antisemitism in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests. They are also looking to end in-state tuition for undocumented students: trib.it/UO22FD
Border security — After President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, Texas leaders touted cutting back on border security spending that the state decided to increase during Biden’s presidency. Now they’re proposing spending another $6.5 billion over the next two years: trib.it/FNMFZZ
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