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11/21/2017
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Employee or Independent Contractor?

There are benefits to classifying workers as independent contractors, the largest of which is cost savings.

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11/19/2017
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Prosecution of people in debt to rent to own companies

An obscure law passed decades ago, rent-to-own companies in Texas are allowed to pursue felony theft charges against those who default on payments.

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11/9/2017
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New Legislation Provides Consumer Protections Regarding ERs

Legislation recently passed into law in Austin will provide considerable protection for Texas health care consumers with regard to freestanding emergency rooms.

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10/28/2017
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New law helps charter schools maintain facilities

House Bill 21 provides for the allocation $60 million to Texas charter schools for leasing and maintaining buildings and other facilities

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10/20/2017
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: The Student Privacy Act

Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2087, the Student Privacy Act which protects data that students or the student’s parents provide

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10/5/2017
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Texas Law Makers Mull Flood Control Projects for Houston

Houston's long-delayed flood projects that would have spared thousands of Houston homes from being flooded during the deluge brought on by Hurricane Harvey.

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9/28/2017
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Medical Marijuana Law Goes into Effect  

Recent medical marijuana law passed by the Texas Legislature... pot is going to be grown in the state of Texas legally.

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9/23/2017
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Texas voter ID law revived by appeals court

The attempt by the Texas Legislature to enact a voter ID law has been tangled in the courts ever since the effort began.

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9/3/2017
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Judge Rejects Voting Law Changes

A federal court judge has shot down changes to Texas voting laws for a second time.

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8/28/2017
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  Texas Legislative Issues/News: New credit card law

During the regular session, the Texas Legislature passed a law allowing merchants to ask to see a photo ID when processing a credit card

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7/18/2017
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Texas Voter Information for the Public and Private Sectors

One of the more recent federal requests, that states turn over voting records to the Trump administration's Election Integrity Commission...

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7/18/2017
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: Protecting the Elderly

Recent Texas legislative issues/news announces a new state law scheduled to take effect in September to protect elderly residents of Texas.

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7/15/2017
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Texas Legislative News: Telemedicine reform bill passed

One of the bills that the Texas Legislature passed in the last regular session legalized the practice of telemedicine

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6/30/2017
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Texas Special Session

On Tuesday, the 6th of June, Texas Governor Greg Abbot summoned the members of the Texas legislature back for a special session in mid-July.

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5/27/2017
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Funding Problem

In theory, as well as in public support, Texas Parks and Wildlife funding is essential.

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5/21/2017
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Will Your Bill Survive Doomsday?

As the Texas Legislature enters the end of its session, some bills sit undisturbed, and could very well remain that way for all eternity.

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5/17/2017
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: Regulating powdered alcohol

House Bill 47, offered by state Rep. Ryan Guillen, D-Rio Grande City, would ban the purchase or possession of powdered alcohol by minors.

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5/3/2017
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Texas Legislative Issues: Texas Considers Mandating Water Testing in Schools

The lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan struck fear into the hearts of the nation.

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4/24/2017
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: Regulating short term rentals

One of the issues being dealt with in the current session of the Texas state legislature concerns regulations of short-term rentals

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4/24/2017
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Lawmakers Consider Bills to Reform Adoptive Records Policy

Under current Texas state law, it can be difficult for an adopted child to access their birth records

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4/24/2017
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Private School Subsidies and Higher Education Tuition Limits

If it passes, the bill will give Texas parents an online fund to help them pay for homeschool or a private school of their choice.

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4/24/2017
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: Ending State Auto Inspections

Texas is one of 16 states that requires motorists to bring in their automobiles to perform safety inspections.

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4/13/2017
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Reforms To Education Grading System Proposed (Texas Legislative Issues/News)

In early 2017, Texas got its first preview of the new A-F grading system for schools when "test" grades were released.

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4/11/2017
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Texas Legislative News: Property Tax Limit Proposed

According to some Texas legislators, property taxes are getting too high.

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4/1/2017
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Texas Legislative Issues/News: Nurse Practitioners

Klick bill would not include an expansion of what nurse practitioners are allowed to do but would eliminate the huge costs of involving primary care physicians.

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