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Texas doctors fear a new era of government intrusion into medicine as lawmakers ban transition care for kids following prohibitions on abortion.

The families who are suing argue the new law, which goes into effect Sept. 1, violates their parental rights by stopping them from providing medical care for their children and discriminates against transgender teens.

The legislative package could make its way to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk before the week’s end. Voters must then approve the plan via a constitutional election in November for it to take effect in the 2023 tax year.

Drinking water frequently and resting in the shade are minimum safety measures for avoiding injury and death during triple-digit temperatures. But they are not applied to every job site.

The compromise would put more than $12 billion toward reducing the school property tax rate for homeowners and business properties, increase the homestead exemption, and create a pilot program to reduce taxes on certain residential and commercial properties. It’s expected to pass later this week.

State lawmakers passed the law after a North Texas homeowners’ association banned landlords from renting to Section 8 tenants. Most of the affected renters in that neighborhood were Black.

During the gunman’s sentencing, relatives of those killed nearly four years ago are telling him how he upended their lives.

After the U.S. Supreme Court ended President Joe Biden’s debt cancellation program, advocates for lowering student loan debt say the federal SAVE plan, an updated loan repayment program, could save Texans and other borrowers a lot of money in interest.

The Texas Senate could pressure Paxton to testify, but members of his defense team say they will fight such efforts.

The state law enforcement agency has been withholding nearly all of its records on police’s botched response to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. DPS will have the chance to redact the documents before they are released.

An impasse among Texas’ top GOP legislators has dragged on for months. On Wednesday, the House and Senate each advanced their own plans in the hopes to move the conversation forward.

Gov. Greg Abbott quickly called lawmakers back to the Capitol for round two, hoping to break an impasse that has outlasted the regular session and one overtime period.