Dustin Burrows /tags/dustin-burrows Dustin Burrows en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:23:59 GMT From ‘terrible� to ‘finest ever� Texas lawmakers rank the 89th legislative session /politics/2025-06-03/texas-lawmakers-rank-the-89th-legislative-session After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, Texas� 2025 legislative session has ended. In all, state legislators passed more than 1,200 bills. While some lawmakers believe great work was done this year, others feel less optimistic. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:23:59 GMT /politics/2025-06-03/texas-lawmakers-rank-the-89th-legislative-session Blaise Gainey Texas creates its own DOGE in attempt to make the state more business-friendly /politics/2025-04-23/texas-creates-its-own-doge-to-make-the-state-more-business-friendly Much like its Elon Musk-headed federal counterpart, the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office aims to eliminate waste, fraud and corruption in government. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:28:27 GMT /politics/2025-04-23/texas-creates-its-own-doge-to-make-the-state-more-business-friendly Blaise Gainey Texas lawmakers ditch discussion on controversial bill that would make abortion murder /politics/2025-04-22/texas-bill-would-make-abortion-equal-murder-homicide A bill that would apply the same penalties for abortion in Texas as homicide was removed from a committee schedule on Tuesday, likely ending any chance of the proposal passing this legislative session. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:24:48 GMT /politics/2025-04-22/texas-bill-would-make-abortion-equal-murder-homicide Blaise Gainey Texas House passes controversial school voucher plan, $7.7B school funding bill /politics/2025-04-16/texas-house-billions-school-funding-voucher After hours of debate � and years of pushing from Gov. Greg Abbott � the Texas House approved a bill to create an Education Savings Account plan. The school voucher program would allow parents to use public funds toward private school costs. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:06:07 GMT /politics/2025-04-16/texas-house-billions-school-funding-voucher Blaise Gainey, Nina Banks, Lucio Vasquez Texas House gives approval to state’s next budget, to the tune of $337 billion /politics/2025-04-11/texas-house-approval-337-billion-budget The Texas House passed a $337 billion budget for the 2026-27 biennium Friday morning. This came after the chamber spent more than 15 hours debating the proposal. The bill now heads back to a conference committee between both chambers. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:10:02 GMT /politics/2025-04-11/texas-house-approval-337-billion-budget Blaise Gainey With less than two months to go, the Texas House has passed only 16 bills this session. Why? /politics/2025-04-09/texas-house-session-dustin-burrows-brian-harrison Since the 89th Legislature kicked off in January, the Texas Senate has passed nearly 200 bills. But as of Wednesday morning, their counterparts in the House have only passed 16. Why is that? Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:45:08 GMT /politics/2025-04-09/texas-house-session-dustin-burrows-brian-harrison Blaise Gainey