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OPINION: Social Security Must Be Protected and Election Season is the Perfect Time to Commit To It
During an election year – especially a presidential one – people here in Texas and across the nation are paying closer attention to politics than usual.
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TCTA responds to Speaker Phelan's interim charges for the House Public Education Committee
Dade Phelan, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, has released his list of interim charges for committees to consider before the start of the next session. His list was published in a press release on May 16.
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Texas House creates a committee to evaluate the state and implications of AI and emerging technologies
The Texas House of Representatives has formed a new committee to investigate the advancements in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies (AI/ET). The committee, named the House Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies, is will be conducting an extensive review of these technologies and their potential impacts on Texas.
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Patterson: 'Data from ERCOT shows the state of our grid is still precarious at best'
The Texas State Senate Business and Commerce (B&C) Committee recently sent a letter to the Texas Public Utility Commission saying that the PUC did not include any evaluation of the dispatchable ancillary or reliability service product as the Legislature had previously requested in a report it had released.
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Texas election bill will 'solidify trust and confidence' in elections
The Texas legislature has completed an agreement on an election bill that intends to protect transparent, secure and fair elections in the state after more than a month of obstacles and fierce opposition.