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The latest calls to stave off the politically charged execution come after a summer where GOP leaders asked the state courts to kick Democrats out of office and throw Beto O鈥橰ourke in jail.

Between cracking down on abortion pills and restricting transgender restroom use, lawmakers also tackled flood safety and the STAAR test. Left untouched: Texas鈥� hemp industry.

The measure comes four years after the state鈥檚 highest criminal court ruled the agency could not bring election cases without an invitation from local prosecutors.

As speaker, Phelan oversaw passage of numerous conservative priorities, but he gave up the gavel under pressure from the far right over the House鈥檚 impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Soon after Birdwell announced his retirement, state Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, said he was running for the seat.

Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump鈥檚 first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up in the same amount of time.

The Texas governor used his time on the Republican convention stage to praise Trump on border security and to challenge the Democratic president.

A group of news organizations including The Texas Tribune had sued for access to the records.

House Bill 900 seeks to rid school libraries of inappropriate books by requiring book vendors to rate materials. A legal challenge says the law is too vague and broad.

For the first time in a generation, Texans were more likely to die of gunshot wounds than car crashes in 2021. Experts worry a lack of research on the issue has hampered the search for solutions.

House Bill 900 requires book vendors to rate all their materials based on their depictions or references to sex before selling them to schools. Vendors say the law aims to regulate protected speech with 鈥渧ague and over broad鈥� terms.

Jos茅 Luis Berm煤dez, who led the school鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, will leave his position after a deal to hire respected journalist Kathleen O. McElroy fell apart amid conservative pushback.