Opinion

Spate of new laws effective Jan. 1

Legal groups sue to stop new immigration law

Property tax cuts go into effect

Legal challenges to amendments appear quashed

Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge

Abbott: Battle continues over vouchers

House kills school choice plan

State lawmakers get to work in fourth special session

As the clock ran down on the Legislature’s third special session, Texas House and Senate leaders exchanged barbs over Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice bill and border security proposals, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Gov. Gregg Abbott and the Texas House are at loggerheads over which will come first – vouchers for parents to pay for private school tuition, or funneling more money to public schools, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Early voting is now underway for the Nov. 7 general election. Voters will decide the fate of 14 proposed amendments, including measures to provide property tax relief and raise the homestead exemption to $100,000.

Abbott ties vouchers to teacher pay, school funding