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  Texas’ ‘Born-Alive’ Bill Close to Becoming Reality

  April 17 at 11:22 a.m.

  Texas is set to turn a very fake problem into a very real law. Monday night, the state's House of Representatives signed off on Plano Republican Jeff Leach's "Born Alive Protection Act" which would create civil and criminal penalties for doctors who fail to care for babies born after attempted...

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  Texas Pre-K Program Falls Short, Report Suggests

  April 17 at 4 a.m.

  Texas is lagging behind other states in the education it offers to its youngest learners, according to a study released Wednesday. But a plan lawmakers are considering to fund full-day prekindergarten statewide could help turn the state's early learning program in the right direction, one of that study's authors said...

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  Texas House Unanimously Passes Dallas Rep’s Bill to End State Rape Kit Backlog

  April 17 at 4 a.m.

  Tuesday afternoon, all 144 of state Rep. Victoria Neave's colleagues available to vote on the Texas House floor agreed with the two-term Dallas Democrat: It's time, the state's lower chamber unanimously voted, to end Texas' rape kit backlog. “This bill is for all the women who have waited for years...

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  Campus Sexual Assault Bill Passes Senate Committee

  April 11 at 4 a.m.

  The Senate Higher Education Committee approved a bill Wednesday that updates the state's policy for how colleges and universities are required to handle campus sexual violence. Senate Bill 585, introduced by Sen. Kirk Watson, an Austin Democrat, would require all public and private colleges and universities in the state to...

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  Texas Senate Approves Budget Bill With New Money for Education

  April 10 at 4 a.m.

  The Texas Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved its version of a "landmark" budget bill that includes $9 billion in new money for education and property tax relief. That figure mirrors the one put forward in a budget passed last month by the House of Representatives. But the two houses differ...

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  Course Transfer Process Causes Headaches, Delays Graduation for Texas College Students

  April 9 at 4 a.m.

  Josh Pippins expected to be out of college and a few years into his career by now. Instead, he's just wrapping up his junior year at the University of Texas at Arlington. When he came to UTA three years ago, Pippins, of Arlington, had taken two years of classes at...