Legislative Services

Is the effort to expand broadband nationwide going well, poorly, or just right? (Route Fifty)

'Strong, clean voter rolls' | Texas elections director reports no irregularities ahead of November election (KVUE-TV Austin)

Managing the vote: Texas sees high turnover of election administrators since 2020 election (CBS News Texas)

Ken Paxton Is Suing Texas Counties Over Voter-Registration Efforts. What's Legal and What's Not? (Texas Monthly)

Can Texas eliminate property taxes? (KXAN-TV Austin)

Texas' overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and states (The Texas Tribune)

This Company Promised to Improve Health Care in Jails. Dozens of Its Patients Have Died. (The Marshall Project)

In regulating AI, Texas lawmakers face balancing act between its benefits and harms (The Texas Tribune)

Weak infrastructure, distrust make communication during natural disasters hard on rural Texas (The Texas Tribune)

Federal Actions on Key Maternal Health Policy Priorities: An Overview for Counties (National Association of Counties)

EPA funding to expand residential solar in Texas (Axios Dallas)

Tarrant County to expand solar energy with expected $7m from federal grant (Fort Worth Report