AUSTIN, Texas — On Friday, a Texas House committee met to consider how far they can go to collect fines from the dozens of House Democrats who broke quorum last summer during the fight over ...
For state Rep. Salman Bhojani, the first Muslim elected to the Texas Legislature, the fines he faces for breaking quorum with fellow Democrats last year pale in comparison to the threats that forced ...
A committee of the Texas House of Representatives voted late Friday afternoon to impose financial penalties totaling nearly $422,000 on Democratic House members who broke quorum last August to try to ...
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Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) doesn’t think gender-affirming care for transgender people will age well — he wants health care providers and insurance companies to keep records on transgender patients ...
AUSTIN – Texas Democrats offered split views after a GOP-led House committee moved to enforce thousands of dollars in fines against legislators who fled the state last year to block a redistricting ...
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What does it mean to break quorum?
The Texas House of Representatives is set to gavel in on Monday at 3 p.m. but might not meet quorum. But what is quorum and when can it officially be broken? Quorum is the number of members required ...
BENTONVILLE -- Benton County killed the notion of establishing an entity to finance and build large-scale real estate projects to attract businesses following a flood of public disapproval. The county ...
AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - State Rep. Matt Shaheen’s (R-Plano) bill that would restrict how much money lawmakers can receive or expend during a quorum break passed the Texas House on Tuesday. The vote ...
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott is again requesting the Texas Supreme Court remove state Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, from office. Last August, Wu led a group of 53 House Democrats to abscond from ...
The debate over fines for quorum-breaking Democrats continues. A group of Texas House lawmakers will meet Friday to consider the financial penalties.
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