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Topic: Legislature

DOJ sues Texas over new gerrymandered district lines

Publish Date: December 10, 2021

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Senate Ed Committee Chair Larry Taylor is bowing out

Publish Date: December 3, 2021

Larry Taylor sitting in chair seat in committee

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Proposal aims to reduce scrutiny of school-district tax breaks for companies

Publish Date: December 3, 2021

Red bar graph showing tax abatements going from 2.4 billion in 2012 to $10.8 billion in 2020

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New appointments made to Sunset Advisory Commission

Publish Date: December 2, 2021

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What We’re Grateful For This Year

Publish Date: November 22, 2021

Illustrated hand raising a flag with text that says, "13th check for retired educators."

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Governor starts process of signing special session bills into law

Publish Date: October 29, 2021

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State rep tries to launch investigation into school library books on sex, gender, and race

Publish Date: October 29, 2021

Fancy text: Texas House of Representatives Committee on General Investigations. With State Seal

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Statement on Rep. Krause letter seeking investigation of books in schools

Publish Date: October 27, 2021

Fancy text: Texas House of Representatives Committee on General Investigations. With State Seal

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Texas Legislature concludes its third special session with a flurry of bills passed

Publish Date: October 21, 2021

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October 15, 2021: Redistricting, fed aid to TRS healthcare, trans sports bill; Gov. enters vaccine fray again

Publish Date: October 15, 2021

Ghosted image of protestors, one holding sign with text "trans rights are human rights" on blue background. Gold text below: Stand up against bullying, especially from the Texas Legislature

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Legislative Update: redistricting, transgender sports bill, TRS healthcare funding

Publish Date: October 15, 2021

Ghosted image of protestors, one holding sign with text "trans rights are human rights" on blue background. Gold text below: Stand up against bullying, especially from the Texas Legislature

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SBOE redistricting: unfairly taking away representation for people of color

Publish Date: October 15, 2021

Sergio Lira stands in dark suit and red tie testifying at a podium

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Texas AFT represents all non-administrative certified and classified public school employees in the state of Texas. We represent the interests of teachers, counselors, librarians, diagnosticians, custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, nurses, teaching assistants, clerical employees, and the other employees who make our schools work. We also represent employees in universities, colleges, and community and junior colleges.

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