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  Fate of Three Confederate Paintings in Texas Senate Chamber Is Uncertain

  November 25 at 4 a.m.

  Monday, the Senate Chamber Review Committee discussed the future of three Confederate paintings hanging in the Texas Senate Chamber.

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  Texans Can Keep Dreaming About Weed Reform. It Could Take Awhile.

  November 23 at 4 a.m.

  Last year, there were a record number of bills filed in the Texas Legislature. But do this day, smoking the good stuff in the Lone Star State is likely to result in criminal penalties. The fight continues. Some are optimistic about it. Others not so much.

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  Beaumont State Rep. Dade Phelan Likely to Become Texas' Next House Speaker

  November 18 at 4 a.m.

  Republican Beaumont state Rep. Dade Phelan is likely to become the next speaker of the Texas House.

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  State Senate Bill Aims To Cover Texas First Responders Who Contract COVID-19

  November 11 at 4 a.m.

  Gov. Greg Abbott hasn’t yet been convinced to sign an executive order that would classify COVID-19 as a presumptive disease for first responders, which would help ensure employers give them and their families coverage. So State Sen. Beverly Powell, based in Fort Worth, filed Senate Bill 107, which would do the same thing.

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  Democrats Could Flip the Texas House, Depending on Who You Ask

  October 12 at 4 a.m.

  Some political science professors say that Democrats do stand a chance of flipping the Texas House in November.

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  Shelley Luther To Face Drew Springer in Texas Senate Runoff

  October 2 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas hair salon owner Shelley Luther and Gainesville state Rep. Drew Springer advanced to a runoff race Tuesday after neither secured an outright majority for District 30.