Slate of Texas legislation limiting abortion, including so-called heartbeat bill, heads to Senate Posted By Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune on Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 12:01 PM click to enlarge Michael Barajas Protesters hold signs at a pro-Planned Parenthood rally in San Antonio.
Following through on a promise to prioritize anti-abortion legislation, a panel of Texas senators approved a slate of abortion restrictions
Tuesday and sent them to the full chamber for consideration. Among those seven pieces of legislation was Senate Bill 8, which would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, which is before many women know they are pregnant. The bill, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priorities, has an excep
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A bill that would provide needed broadband service help, but which puts the costs of the work on electric cooperatives is making its way through the Texas House of Representatives, with a public hearing coming Thursday before the State Affair Committee.
âThis is simply a situation where a large company called Charter (Communications) has bid for government money to take broadband to rural communities, but they bid too low and to recap their losses are passing on the expense to co-op members,â said Jerry Williams, CEO of Lamar Electric Cooperative. âAs written, I think HB 1505 would be a disaster for Lamar, Red River and Delta counties and Lamar Electric Cooperative.â
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