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Bob McCranie, a Dallas based real estate broker, created Flee Red States — a real estate service to help marginalized people in Texas find new welcoming homes.
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The bill has brought together an unlikely coalition of Republicans and Democrats and may keep lawmakers in Austin even longer.
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Fallon served in the Texas Senate for two years before running for Congress. He won’t see reelection in the U.S. House.
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A version of the bill that would send public money to private schools passed through a Senate committee on Thursday. Gov. Greg Abbott made such legislation one of his top priorities in this fourth special legislative session.
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Wednesday night’s development comes after months of fierce infighting between GOP lawmakers — and with less than a week left in the current special session. Lawmakers only have until Tuesday, Nov. 7 to send legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.
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The vote came after a marathon day that saw tempers flare and lawmakers pass two additional controversial proposals. HB 4 makes unauthorized entry a class B misdemeanor. That offense could increase to a state jail felony for a migrant previously removed under the law.
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The bill now goes back to the Texas Senate since the version passed by the House makes some minor changes to the version passed by the upper chamber two weeks ago.
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Some Lubbockites said they left the courthouse feeling betrayed by county commissioners after what was initially presented as nothing more than a simple discussion on the proposal ended with a vote.
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More than two weeks after the influential PAC’s leader met with a Hitler admirer, Lt. Gov. Patrick said the GOP must ”root out” antisemitism. Patrick had initially said he’d keep the PAC’s money.
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Democrats are the minority in the Texas Legislature and their proposal is almost guaranteed to fail. Even if they wanted to push for salary increases for teachers, their anti-voucher stance could stall any progress.