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In this Aug. 7, 2018 file photo, a doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

Reproductive rights advocates take issue with bill to clarify Texas abortion law

The Life of the Mother Act seeks to ensure no hesitation in life-threatening pregnancy situations, sparking both support and concern.

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A stirrups exam chair rests in the center of one of the exam rooms of the Jackson Women's Health Organization. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Texas lawmakers hear public testimony on bill looking to clarify the state's abortion laws

Texas lawmakers are looking to clarify the state's abortion laws

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Texas2 days ago

Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, right, talks with a fellow lawmaker in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Proposed Texas House bill aims to regulate AI in politics

House Bill 366 would make it a crime to use artificial intelligence in political ads without a disclaimer.

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Texas3 days ago

From left, FBI Director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Jeffrey Kruse, appear as the House Intelligence Committee holds a hearing on worldwide threats, at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CIA Director John Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman, grilled over Signal chat

Ratcliffe is a former federal prosecutor and North Texas congressman who served on the Intelligence and Judiciary committees.

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Texas3 days ago

John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

CIA Director John Ratcliffe defends his role in controversial Signal chats

CIA Director John Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman, is defending his role in what is now being referred to as "Signalgate"

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Texas3 days ago

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, left, and former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, right, speak to reporters about a school voucher proposal in the Texas Capitol on Tuesday, March 25, 2024. (Spectrum News 1)

Gov. Greg Abbott continues his push to pass vouchers, hosting former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey

Critics of school vouchers say Texas' proposal could create a similar strain on the state's finances as Arizona's program.

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, leaves after Senate Republicans met with Elon Musk, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Sen. Ted Cruz pushes for voucher bill in Texas, calls Signal text group ‘a screwup’

Cruz believes “school choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.”

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Texas4 days ago

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, during a watch party on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at the Marriott Marquis in Houston. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Sen. Ted Cruz calls Signal chat with senior intelligence officials 'a screwup'

Spectrum News spoke with Sen. Ted Cruz about his thoughts on the Signal chat where war plans were discussed between senior national security officials

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Texas4 days ago

President Donald Trump's administration is facing criticizing over its recent social media posts about immigration (Associated Press)

Trump administration faces criticism over social media posts

President Donald Trump's administration is facing criticizing over its recent social media posts about immigration

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Texas5 days ago

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Border czar Tom Homan speaks to the media while visiting the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M., Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

As Trump administration celebrates deportations, its tone on social media sparks backlash

One post likened the videos of a deportation flight to ASMR, sparking backlash from immigrant rights groups.

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Texas5 days ago

Pima County Constable Kristen Randall signs an eviction notice after taping the notice to an apartment window on Sept. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Senate committee debates bill to streamline eviction process

Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, is leading the effort in the upper chamber to try and remove squatters from residential properties.

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Texas5 days ago

A health worker administers a measles test on Fernando Tarin, of Seagraves, Texas, at a mobile testing site outside Seminole Hospital District, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

RFK Jr.'s measles response under scrutiny amid Texas outbreak

RFK Jr.'s measles response under scrutiny

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Agriculture secretary pledges relief to South Texas farmers amid water shortage

Sec. Brooke Rollins announced the department was expediting $10 billion in aid to farmers in the Rio Grande Valley.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks with reporters after President Donald Trump spoke at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Texas leaders on hand as Trump moves to dismantle Department of Education

Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton were at the White House.

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Texas1 week ago

A principal talks to the media at A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Texas House bill would revise school discipline policies

State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Allen, frames House Bill 6, which would overhaul the state’s school discipline law, as a “Teacher Bill of Rights.”

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sits before President Donald Trump arrives to speak at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Top Texas leaders attend White House event ordering the dismantling of the Education Department

Texas' three top officials were in the room when President Donald Trump signed an executive order dismantling the Department of Education.

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Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, Jr., right, speaks during a city council meeting, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House committee discusses Uvalde-inspired school safety bill

The bill proposes a unified protocol for all law enforcement during active shooter situations.

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Texas1 week ago

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visits Texas

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Texas on Wednesday

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Texas1 week ago

A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol, June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Texas lawmakers debate separation of church and state

Texas lawmakers debate whether to infuse Christianity in public schools and Republicans are eyeing to flip two South Texas congressional seats

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Yarixza Estrada, is an asylum seeker, who is choosing to return to Guatamela with her children. (Spectrum News 1/Reena Diamante)

Trump administration pushes immigrants to ‘self deport’

The Department of Homeland Security is spending $200 million on commercials, which encourage immigrants to go back to their countries.

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Empty school classroom. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Texas Senate passes legislation to allow prayer time in public schools

The Texas Senate also passed another bill that would require the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms.

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A doctor uses a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus on Dec. 17, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Texas lawmakers consider changes to the state's abortion law

Texas lawmakers are considering clarifying the state's abortion law by removing the word "life-threatening" from current state law

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People attend the Women's March ATX rally, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)

'Life of the Mother Act' aims to clarify Texas' abortion law

The couple who petitioned the Texas Medical Board to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion law last year are one step closer to their goal.

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This Dec. 9, 2013 file photo shows the Texas Capitol through the south gate in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Top issues for the second half of the legislative session

Top issues for the second half of the legislative session, dozens of immigration judges removed from the bench and school vouchers in Texas.

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Texas2 weeks ago

A postal worker loads a delivery vehicle at the United States Post Office in Cranberry Township, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

How the latest round of federal worker layoffs is impacting Texas

Thousands of bills have been filed during the 89th Legislature's regular session and how the latest round of federal worker layoffs is impacting Texas

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(Associated Press)

'The time is now': Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows confident school vouchers will pass

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows is confident that school vouchers will pass this session

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Texas2 weeks ago

FILE - President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democrats in Congress make Elon Musk focus of counterattacks

Musk is leading DOGE, President Donald Trump’s massive cost-cutting initiative.

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Texas2 weeks ago

After waiting in a cue, people are led into a downtown Chicago building where an immigration court presides, Nov. 12, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Trump administration fires immigration judges amid court case backlog, sparking criticism

There is a backlog of more than 3.7 million cases in the immigration courts.

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Trump says schools will not receive federal funding if they allow illegal protests (AP)

Fight over school vouchers continues at the Texas Capitol

Critics of school vouchers rallied at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday and how one Texas worker is dealing with the loss of her government job.

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Texas2 weeks ago

Matt Caldwell, left, a Lubbock Fire Department official, administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to Clair May, 61, at the Lubbock Health Department, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

State representative proposes giving award to school with the lowest vaccination rate

A state representative is proposing giving an award to the school with the lowest vaccination rate in the state.

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U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Austin, is calling for the firing of Elon Musk from his senior advisor role in President Donald Trump's administration

U.S. Rep. Greg Casar calls for firing of Elon Musk from federal government

U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Austin, is calling for the firing of Elon Musk from his senior advisor role in President Donald Trump's administration

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Texas3 weeks ago

How tariffs would directly impact the Texas economy and Texas officials mourn the loss of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.

Tariffs on Canada, Mexico could greatly impact the Texas economy

How tariffs would directly impact the Texas economy and Texas officials mourn the loss of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.

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Texas3 weeks ago

Texas politicians reacted to President Donald Trump's address to Congress, state lawmakers are continuing to discuss the best way to fund Texas schools, how state and federal officials are reacting to the measles outbreak in West Texas.

Texas lawmakers continue to discuss how to fund schools

State lawmakers are continuing to discuss the best way to fund Texas schools and how officials are reacting to the measles outbreak in West Texas.

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Texas3 weeks ago

Texas lawmakers are looking to cut property taxes again and Sen. Ted Cruz and first lady Melania Trump lobby for

Texas lawmakers look to cut property taxes

Texas lawmakers are looking to cut property taxes again and Sen. Ted Cruz and first lady Melania Trump lobby for "deepfake" legislation

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(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Texas health commissioner expects measles cases will continue to rise

Health officials have been trying to get the message out about the importance of staying up to the date with the MMR vaccine.

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President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

Texas lawmakers react to the heated exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald Trump

Texas lawmakers react to the heated exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald Trump

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Texas4 weeks ago

Children's Defense Fund program director Graciela Camarena assists Lucia Salazar with filling out Medicaid and SNAP application forms for her family in Pharr, Texas, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Gonzalez)

As Texas Republicans push for steep spending cuts to federal budget, Democrats raise concerns over Medicaid

Texas remains the state with the most uninsured people in the country.

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Texas4 weeks ago

Texas lawmakers are hoping to bolster the state's water infrastructure, and President Donald Trump is proposing a national registry for migrants

Trump proposes a national registry for migrants

Texas lawmakers are hoping to bolster the state's water infrastructure, and President Donald Trump is proposing a national registry for migrants

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Texas4 weeks ago

A Texas flag is displayed in an elementary school in Murphy, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Measles continues to spread across Texas with first death reported

Measles cases are now popping up outside of West Texas and how cutting Medicaid would impact Texans

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A sign is seen outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Texas pediatrician on measles outbreak: ‘We’re just at the beginning’

The Texas measles outbreak surpasses 100 cases.

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Texas1 month ago

People rally at Health and Human Services headquarters to protest the polices of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

'State of shock': Texas federal worker speaks out on sudden job loss amid Trump's mass layoffs

There are nearly 130,000 federal workers in the Lone Star State.

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A Texas flag is displayed in an elementary school in Murphy, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Protesters speak out against school vouchers

Protesters speak out against school vouchers

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Texas1 month ago

This June 1, 2021, file photo shows the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

State lawmakers propose a new bill to increase teacher pay across the state

State lawmakers propose a new bill to increase teacher pay across the state

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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, talks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., outside the chamber during a test vote to begin debate on a border security bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans defer to Trump, despite shifting Russia strategy

Congressional Republicans have long been highly critical of Russia, but that criticism has largely been absent this week.

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A Texas flag is displayed in an elementary school in Murphy, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Proposal to increase teacher salaries now heads to the Senate floor

The bill would establish yearly pay raises for third- and fifth-year teachers.

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A bill in the Texas Legislature is proposing increasing teacher salaries based on performance and experience

State lawmakers propose pay raises for teachers

A bill in the Texas Legislature is proposing increasing teacher salaries based on performance and experience

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Texas1 month ago

Many federal workers in Texas have been impacted by President Donald Trump's sweeping reorganization of the government.

Many federal workers in Texas are in limbo following Trump's reorganization

Many federal workers in Texas have been impacted by President Donald Trump's sweeping reorganization of the government.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (AP)

Gov. Greg Abbott promotes school voucher plan at multiple stops around Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott launched full-court press this week to get more support for his plan to send public tax dollars to private schools.

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Texas1 month ago

An American flag is flown upside down during the

Texas federal workers on edge as Trump administration pursues mass firings

There are almost 130,000 federal workers in Texas.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, listens to Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, left, during a news conference where they provided an update to Texas' response to COVID-19, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Abbott, Patrick and Burrows are playing nice at start of the legislative session

The relationship between the state's three most powerful leaders appears to be a positive one.

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Texas1 month ago

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