Texas Tribune Brief

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January 16, 2019 House, Senate differ on best way to reform Texas public schools
Leaders of the Texas Senate are proposing giving schools $3.7 billion to provide $5,000 pay raises to all full-time classroom teachers — on the heels of a House budget proposal that includes $7 billion more for public education.
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January 15, 2019 Gov. Greg Abbott kicks off second term today
After winning re-election in November, both Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are embarking on their second, four-year term. Watch their swearings-in and inaugural speeches here.
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January 14, 2019 Julián Castro launches 2020 presidential run
Julián Castro, the former U.S. housing secretary and San Antonio mayor, made his run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination official Saturday: He's running for president. Castro chose Puerto Rico for his first campaign trip following his weekend announcement.
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January 11, 2019 Trump: Dan Patrick offered Texas’ help to build border wall
President Donald Trump says Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick offered Texas' help building the border wall. It's unclear how serious the president is about the idea, but Gov. Greg Abbott expressed skepticism for such a plan since the federal government isn't committing the billions of dollars Trump wants.
Plus, Tarrant County party officials overwhelmingly rejected attempts to remove Shahid Shafi because he's Muslim. The 139-49 vote in his favor came after the state's top Republican officials denounced the failed move to oust the trauma surgeon.
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January 10, 2019 Trump travels to Texas-Mexico border to address 'crisis'
President Donald Trump is visiting the border Thursday to meet with folks on the ground in McAllen, TX.
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January 09, 2019 Dan Patrick misses first day of Senate to aid Trump
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick missed the first day of the Texas Legislature on Tuesday to attend a border security meeting at the White House, where he helped with President Donald Trump's nationally televised address from the Oval Office.
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January 08, 2019 The 86th Texas Legislature starts today
The 140-day sprint to the finish line will finally begin today, when state lawmakers convene in Austin to convene the Texas Legislature's 86th regular session.
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January 07, 2019 House, Senate leadership quiet in lead-up to session
Lawmakers have coalesced behind school finance and property taxes as top priorities, a stark contrast with the hot-button social legislation that headlined the 85th Legislature in 2017.
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January 04, 2019 House Democrats back Pelosi for Speaker
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took back the chamber gavel amid a gloomy partial government shutdown.
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January 03, 2019 Retiring Texas lawmakers reflect on time on Capitol Hill
The Texas Tribune interviewed seven of the nine Texas members departing Congress and asked them to reflect on their time in Washington. U.S. Reps. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, and John Culberson, R-Houston, declined requests for interviews.
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