Tom Oliverson announces he is challenging Dade Phelan for Texas House speakership

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In a political era of “parental rights,” Texans raising trans kids say new law strips them of choice

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Pivotal House vote moves Texas closer to banning puberty blockers, hormone treatments for trans kids

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“A death sentence”: Trans Texas teen plots his future as proposed ban on hormone therapy progresses

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Texas House advances bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips

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Texas Republicans have filed dozens of bills affecting LGBTQ people. Here’s what they’d do.

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Two GOP legislators in Harris County want to let the state replace local elections administrators

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Texas GOP lawmakers warming to opioid harm-reduction policies they once opposed

Texans seeking help for substance use can call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s…