Lawmakers face ban after 27,000 Tweets

Lawmakers face ban after 27,000 Tweets 150 150 Elect Todd Hunter

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Edinburg Republican Aaron Pena is, by far, the top Tweeter among lawmakers at the Texas Capitol with nearly 7,000 messages to date – most in the six months since re-election. But a bill now pending in a House committee could soon slow his habit. The measure would ban public officials in Texas…

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Two Lyme disease bills target gap in treatment in Texas

Two Lyme disease bills target gap in treatment in Texas 150 150 Elect Todd Hunter

AUSTIN – State Sen. Chris Harris blames Lyme disease, left undiagnosed for 2½ years in the mid-1990s, for a heart attack and bone damage that left him with two titanium shoulders and a severely broken foot put back together with steel plates and screws. Harris, R-Arlington, poured his experience into a bill that originally sought…

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Two Lyme disease bills target gap in treatment in Texas

Two Lyme disease bills target gap in treatment in Texas 150 150 Elect Todd Hunter

AUSTIN – State Sen. Chris Harris blames Lyme disease, left undiagnosed for 2½ years in the mid-1990s, for a heart attack and bone damage that left him with two titanium shoulders and a severely broken foot put back together with steel plates and screws. Harris, R-Arlington, poured his experience into a bill that originally sought…

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Two Lyme disease bills target gap in treatment in Texas

Two Lyme disease bills target gap in treatment in Texas 150 150 Elect Todd Hunter

AUSTIN – State Sen. Chris Harris blames Lyme disease, left undiagnosed for 2½ years in the mid-1990s, for a heart attack and bone damage that left him with two titanium shoulders and a severely broken foot put back together with steel plates and screws. Harris, R-Arlington, poured his experience into a bill that originally sought…

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HOUSE TAKES UP A WEEK OF SUNSET BILLS

HOUSE TAKES UP A WEEK OF SUNSET BILLS 150 150 Elect Todd Hunter

This week, in the Texas House, at least three more state agencies are seeking the necessary votes in the House in order to continue their existence for approximately twelve more years. Three agencies, up for sunset, are the Texas Forest Service, the Railroad Commission of Texas, and the Texas Department of Transportation. The sunset review…

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