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Texas, judicial pay and state lawmakers

In final act, Texas Legislature boosts judges’ pay and lawmaker pensions

House and Senate members agreed that judges needed a pay raise. But they spent the final hours of the legislative session debating whether Texas lawmakers should also benefit from the boost.

Austin American-Statesman · 2d

Texas judges receive long-awaited pay raise in last-minute legislative deal

Texas judges are set to see a long-anticipated pay raise under a last-minute deal that House and Senate lawmakers struck Monday, resolving hours of

CBS Texas on MSN · 1d

Texas lawmakers' negotiations over judicial pay raises go down to the wire as legislative session ends

The Texas Tribune on MSN2d

The 2025 regular Texas legislative session is over. Here’s what lawmakers did.

The Legislature wrapped up without the same drama that defined the end of the last two sessions, with state GOP leaders ...

State Rep. Ann Johnson speaks on bill to ban minors from accessing explicit library books

A bill that would ban child marriage has made its way through the Texas House and is on its way to the Senate, where it has ...

Bills aimed at studying, restricting “forever chemicals” in Texas fail

Texas lawmakers bypassed bills that would have restricted “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge, studied health impacts and ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN7d

Automatic denial of bail for some migrants fails to pass Texas House

Supporters said the proposal, which sought to amend the state constitution, would improve safety. Critics said it would ...

14don MSN

Texas House gives initial OK to bill clarifying medical exceptions in state abortion ban

It also clarifies that doctors may treat a life-threatening condition before a patient faces imminent death or harm, codifying the Texas Supreme Court's 2024 ruling in a lawsuit brought by 20 Texas ...

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