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AUSTIN — Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan announced the formation of the House Select Committee on Community Safety on Thursday to consider gun-related legislative proposals that are filed

Thousands of Texas citizens are waiting for their power to come back online after last week’s winter weather disruptions, with a major energy company warning that the wait could last until the end of this weekend.

Miami and Austin lured people away from California. But the new tech hubs could end up repeating San Francisco’s mistakes.

A longshot proposal would abolish the capital city and create a district under the authority of the Lt. Governor and the House Speaker.

More than two dozen state lawmakers retired or ran for a higher office, creating lots of turnover in the Legislature. While the partisan divide didn’t change much, the election expanded LGBTQ and Muslim representation.

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The 150 members of the lower house of the Texas Legislature serve two-year terms.

Democrats and Republicans, at campaign events Monday morning, pitched similar warnings.

Berry is one of the 21 Austin police officers facing excessive force indictments for their conduct during the 2020 racial justice protests.

Justin Berry was appointed to the commission alongside Martina Lemond Dixon of Kingwood.