The 87th Texas Legislature won’t gavel in until January, but state lawmakers on Monday got their first chance to file legislation for what’s expected to be a particularly tough 140-day stretch at the Capitol next year. By mid-morning Monday, the first day to pre-file legislation, more than 450 bills had already been filed in the […]

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