Texas Senate Revives Full Bathroom Bill With Late-Night Move
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) — Texas’ Republican-controlled Legislature is tying itself in knots over a transgender “bathroom bill.” The state Senate voted 21-10 vote after 1 a.m....
View ArticleGov. Abbott Pressuring House, Senate To Pass Bathroom Bill
AUSTIN (CBS11) – Governor Greg Abbott tells CBS11 he’s pressuring the Texas House and Senate to pass a bathroom privacy bill before the regular legislative session ends Monday. “We are so close between...
View ArticleTexas ‘Bathroom Bill’ Near Collapse Over GOP Standoff
(credit: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A proposed Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people neared collapse Friday over a deadlock between Republicans heeding warnings from...
View ArticleTexas Lawmakers OK Budget But ‘Bathroom Bill’ Still In Limbo
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas will keep spending $800 million on border security while putting little new money into public schools, maintaining therapy cuts for disabled children and easing handgun license fees...
View ArticleTexas ‘Bathroom Bill’ Fading As Legislative Session Wraps Up
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas’ legislative session was winding down Sunday, with an all-but dead “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people caught in a clash between mainstream Republicans and the most...
View ArticleAre 140 Days Enough? Abbott Delays Special Session Decision
AUSTIN (AP) — Governor Greg Abbott says he won’t make a decision until later this week on whether to call state lawmakers back to work as their 140-day legislation session ends Monday. Abbott says he’s...
View ArticleTech Industry Leaders Send Bathroom Bill Message To Texas Governor
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – As Texas Governor Greg Abbott delays making a decision about whether to call state lawmakers back to work for a special legislative session, the heads of some of the largest...
View ArticleSpecial Session Looms For Texas Legislature
AUSTIN (CBS11) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Monday he’ll make an announcement later this week about whether he will call lawmakers back for a special session. Some political analysts say it’s...
View ArticleAbbott Won’t Rule Out ‘Bathroom Bill’ In Special Session
AUSTIN (AP) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott won’t rule out including a North Carolina-style “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people if he chooses to call lawmakers back to work for a special legislative...
View ArticleGovernor Abbott Announces Special Legislative Session
UPDATE (6/6/17: 2:40 p.m.): Governor Greg Abbott has announced a special legislative session. The session will take place on July 18, 2017. Read More Here AUSTIN (CBS11) – Governor Greg Abbott has...
View ArticleGovernor Abbott Requests Lawmakers Pass 20 Bills During Special Session
AUSTIN (CBS11) – Governor Greg Abbott scolded Texas lawmakers Tuesday for having to call them back for a special session on July 18. “A special session was entirely avoidable,” Abbott said. But he...
View ArticleStraus Says He Didn’t Want Suicide Over ‘Bathroom Bill’
AUSTIN (AP) – The Republican speaker of the Texas House says he didn’t want a “suicide” on his hands over a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people that Gov. Greg Abbott has told lawmakers to...
View ArticleTexas House Speaker Didn’t Want Suicide Over ‘Bathroom Bill’
AUSTIN (AP) — The driving force in Texas behind a “bathroom bill” pushed back Monday after the Republican House speaker was quoted as saying he didn’t want a “suicide” on his hands over efforts to...
View ArticleGovernor Abbott Formally Convenes Special Session
AUSTIN (AP) – Governor Greg Abbott has formally called state lawmakers into a special legislative session beginning next week — directing them to approve oversight rules allowing some state agencies to...
View ArticleGay Rights Group Launches $26M Campaign Ahead Of Midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation’s leading gay rights groups, is launching a $26 million political organizing effort ahead of next year’s midterm elections. While the...
View ArticleBathroom Privacy Legislation In Texas Debated During Facebook Live
FORT WORTH (CBS11) – Two bathroom privacy bills have just been filed before the Texas Legislature reconvenes in a special session next week. Those bills are among those requested by Governor Greg...
View ArticleSome DISD Members Against ‘Bathroom Bill’ In Special Session
DALLAS (CBSDFW) – As members of the Texas legislature return to Austin for a special session, some Dallas ISD leaders are pushing back. A few Dallas Independent School District trustees are speaking...
View ArticleTexas ‘Bathroom Bill’ May Shape 2018 GOP Primary Campaigns
AUSTIN (AP) — Though “bathroom bills” targeting transgender people fizzled in deep-red states across the U.S., the issue is still white hot in Texas, where the Legislature is heading into special...
View ArticleDallas CEOs Express Concerns Over ‘Bathroom Bill’
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – As members of the Texas Legislature continue to debate the so-called ‘bathroom bill’ during a 30-day special session in Austin, a collection of Dallas business leaders on Monday...
View ArticleDoes The Texas Bathroom Bill Battle Reflect Larger GOP Problem?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS NEWS) – State lawmakers are heading into a special session Tuesday to consider restrictions again on what bathroom transgender people can use. Fourteen Dallas-based businesses...
View ArticleTexas Senate Aiming To Move Divisive Bills At Breakneck Pace
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Senate staged an unusual midnight floor session Thursday as conservatives who dominate the chamber rushed to revive abortion restrictions, school vouchers and a “bathroom bill”...
View ArticleOpponents Line Up To Slam Fast-Tracked Texas ‘Bathroom Bill’
AUSTIN (AP) — Hundreds of people are lining up to oppose a revised Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people being rushed through the state Senate. The measure would require transgender people...
View ArticleTexas Activist Targeted, Beaten Amid ‘Bathroom Bill’ Debate
AUSTIN (AP) — Police say a Texas transgender activist beaten in a carjacking was targeted because of her gender identity, further raising tensions as state lawmakers advance revived legislation critics...
View ArticleTop Texas Police Chiefs Oppose ‘Bathroom Bill’
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas senators have begun an emotionally charged floor debate over a revived “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people. The chances of passage remain tenuous even though Republicans...
View ArticleTexas Senate OKs ‘Bathroom Bill’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas version of a North Carolina-style “bathroom bill” passed the state Senate on Tuesday over opposition from police and major corporations, but still faces an uncertain path...
View ArticleAbbott Rejects Criticism From Law Enforcement Members
GRAPEVINE (CBSDFW.COM) – Gov. Greg Abbott rejected criticism by some members of Texas law enforcement Monday over the proposed bathroom privacy bill. His comments came as the Texas House continues to...
View ArticleTop Oil Companies Join Firms Opposing Texas ‘Bathroom Bill’
AUSTIN (AP) — More than 50 business leaders, including the heads of some of the nation’s top oil companies, are opposing a Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people — adding to an already long...
View ArticleConservative Republican Voices Radio Ads Against Bathroom Bills
DALLAS (CBS11) – Mary Horn is not only the longest-serving Denton County Commissioners Court Judge, she is also the first woman to hold the job. So opponents of bathroom privacy bills hope her voice on...
View ArticleDallas Stars Come Out Against Bathroom Privacy Bills
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas Stars have come out publicly against the bathroom privacy bills in the Texas Legislature during the current special session. While area businesses and business leaders...
View ArticleSome Bathroom Privacy Bill Supporters Say It’s Dead In Texas House
NORTH TEXAS (CBS11) – Bathroom privacy legislation is among the most controversial bills to be debated this year at the Texas Capitol. Now, after all the rallies and hearings, some of the bills’...
View ArticleBathroom Bill Fails In Special Session As House Adjourns
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas version of a North Carolina-style “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people again sputtered out Tuesday, leaving Republican Gov. Greg Abbott with little path forward...
View ArticleTexas Legislature Ends Special Session A Day Early
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Texas Legislature has adjourned for good, ending its month-long special session a day early. The Senate gaveled out around 10:00 p.m. Tuesday. That came hours after...
View ArticleGov. Abbott Suggests ‘Bathroom Bill’ Dead For Now
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday he revived a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people even though he was told it would never get a vote in the GOP-controlled state House, while...
View ArticleDallas County Sheriff Seriously Considering Run For Governor
DALLAS (CBS11) – From the county sheriff’s office to the state capitol? Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez is seriously considering a run for Texas governor. Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez (CBS11)...
View ArticleTexas House Speaker Warns Business Community Bathroom Bills Likely To Return...
DALLAS (CBS11) – At the Visit Dallas annual meeting Thursday, Republican Texas House Speaker Joe Straus credited tourism leaders for helping kill bathroom privacy legislation. “You spoke out against an...
View ArticleReport: Texas Bathroom Bill Diverted From School, Tax Issues
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A new report on keeping Texas prosperous says legislators in 2017 unnecessarily diverted attention from topics like education and taxes to concentrate on a failed...
View ArticleAlaska Voters First In The Nation To Reject Bathroom Bill
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Voters in Alaska’s largest city are on track to becoming the first in the U.S. to defeat a so-called bathroom bill in a referendum that asked them to require people...
View ArticleStruggle For Transgender Rights Shifts To Health Care
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military service. Bathroom use. Job bias. And now, health care. The Trump administration is coming under fire for rewriting a federal rule that bars discrimination in health care...
View ArticleSocial Issues Could Take Back Seat In New Texas Legislature
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Texas Legislature opens with Republicans having smaller majorities in both chambers as a result of electoral defeats, which suggests that hot-button social issues could...
View ArticleTexas GOP Leaders Signal Failed ‘Bathroom Bill’ Won’t Return
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas Republican leaders are signaling that a failed “bathroom bill” in 2017 that targeted transgender individuals and upended the legislature isn’t coming back. Lt. Gov. Dan...
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