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Texas Monthly
Around the Texas Capitol this year, it wasn't unusual to hear the 85th Legislature described as the worst anyone could remember. While we wouldn't go that far, this session had more than its fair share of dispiriting moments. Here's our picks of the 10 lawmakers who made us proud and the 10 who made us pull our hair out.
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Houston Chronicle
Houston City Council voted June 21 to sue the state over its new "sanctuary cities" law, joining Texas' three other largest cities in challenging the controversial measure.
Council voted 10-6 to join San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, El Paso County and several other local governments and nonprofits in a consolidated case challenging the state. Councilman Jack Christie abstained. A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for June 26.
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Austin American-Statesman
On this third week of June 2017, Austin leaders found themselves paused between two legislative sessions seeking to overturn city regulations and curtail efforts to raise taxes, and City Hall is both suing the state and being sued over immigration enforcement policies. So it might be an awkward moment for the state of Texas to ask for a $7 million favor.
But that's exactly what the City Council is asked to approve this week.
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TAB
Nominations for the prestigious Texas Housing Hall of Honor are now being accepted. The Texas Association of Builders (TAB) needs your help celebrating the men and women who have made significant and lasting contributions to the Texas housing industry. Inductees are selected from nominations you submit annually from the following categories: builders, developers or remodelers; trades professionals and suppliers; government; and, industry-allied professionals. Nominees do not have to be members of TAB.
Last year, David Weekley and Ray Tonjes were inducted beside 19 other elite honorees. The contributions of these individuals have resulted in the long-term advancement of the residential construction industry in Texas. Inductees for the 2017 Texas Housing Hall of Honor will be formally recognized during a ceremony on Nov. 17, at the Excellence in Leadership Dinner in Austin, Texas. Deadline for nominations is June 30, 2017.
KTAB-TV
The state's version of a so-called "bathroom bill" is set to come back up for debate when the special session starts next month, an issue that less than half of Texans consider to be important, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
Out Monday, the poll shows 44 percent of Texas voters consider legislation to regulate who can use what bathroom is important and only 26 percent believe the issue is very important.
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Dallas Observer
As is ordained in the city charter, the first Monday following the 30th calendar day after the final canvass of the general election is Dallas' inauguration day. The city's 14 City Council members and mayor each took an oath of office at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in the morning before taking care of new council housekeeping in the afternoon. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, fresh off losing three of his strongest allies on the City Council, laid out his vision for the next two years to a council that seems ready to fight him at every turn.
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KUT-FM
For the first time in more than a decade, the Supreme Court will take up a case questioning a common practice U.S. lawmakers use to draw political maps: gerrymandering. The court announced that it will consider whether district lines drawn by Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled legislature in 2011 put Democratic legislators at a disadvantage. Texas lawmakers will likely closely follow the case, as it could have implications in the state, which has its own redistricting case.
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The Dallas Morning News
The special legislative session is nearly a month away, but Rep. Ron Simmons is ready to file two different versions of what is likely to be the most controversial measure that lawmakers will debate: restricting where transgender Texans can use the bathroom.
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Houston Chronicle
Hundreds were delayed from voting and others were nearly turned away entirely during the presidential election because of confusion over current state voter ID laws, a new report from a voting rights advocacy group shows.
It's just one of numerous problems Texas voters — particularly minority groups — faced during the 2016 election cycle, according to a report by the Texas Civil Rights Project.
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The Texas Tribune
True The Vote says it's running short on the cash needed to complete an audit of 2016 presidential voting — an effort Donald Trump, while spreading unproven claims of fraud, applauded in his first days in the White House.
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Land Line
Texas lawmakers have acted in recent weeks to adopt changes to truck rules that include platooning, truck enforcement, and size and weights.
Truck platooning is the topic of one new law. State law has set guidelines intended for safe following distance behavior. However, there is no specific distance requirements.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill to revise state law to define "connected braking." Statute also covers the use of affected vehicles to maintain distance.
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KFDX-TV
During the 85th legislative session, Texas became one of the last states to adopt a statewide texting while driving ban.
In the meantime, the Wichita Falls city ordinance which prohibits texting and talking on a cell phone while driving is a little tougher. But that could change if Governor Abbott has his way.
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Construction Citizen
Employers across Texas are changing up their workforce game plans as a shortage of skilled labor really starts to affect the ability of those companies to deliver for their customers.
In the Crossroads region, in and around Victoria, the skilled labor shortage is taking a toll most significantly in the construction industry.
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The articles that appear in the TAB NewsBriefs are chosen from a variety of sources to reflect media coverage of the home building and construction industries. An article's inclusion in the TAB NewsBriefs does not imply that the Texas Association of Builders (TAB) endorses, supports or verifies its contents or expressed opinions. Factual errors are the responsibility of the listed publication.
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