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Thursday, May 16, 2013  A senate committee passes a bill requiring elected state lawmakers to take drug tests.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Hidalgo County Mayors gathered today to commend a decision made yesterday by a state senate committee to create a split campus for the proposed South Texas medical school.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The location of the Rio Grande Valley’s prospective medical school is now the center of debate.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A high-profile push for school vouchers statewide is headed to the full Texas Senate.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  A plan to train teachers for classroom gunfights is headed to the full Texas Senate -- but with the new stipulation that such instruction not cost more than $1 million in state funds.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  A bill that would require some people applying for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to undergo a drug test, is one step closer to becoming state law.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  A bill that would require drug testing for welfare recipients is moving on to the full Texas State Senate for a vote.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Drug testing on tap for food stamp receipients after Texas Senate passes bill.

Friday, November 02, 2012  A local candidate for Texas Senate is claiming his opponent wrongfully took tax payer dollars.

Saturday, December 17, 2011  The sole major Democratic candidate to replace retiring Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has dropped out of the race.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  If proposed House Bill 12, passes through the Texas Senate, it would allow local law enforcement agencies and even utility companies to question people on their immigration status.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  The Planned Parenthood office in McAllen is expected to hold a rally to protest Senate Bill 1854 at 916 East Hackberry Street at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Friday, May 06, 2011  A bill in the Texas senate seeks to strip Jim Solis' name from a Harlingen building. The local attorney and former state leader pled guilty to aiding and abetting extortion by a public official.

Friday, May 06, 2011  Texas lawmakers are debating a truancy bill amid the death of a Rio Grande Valley who drowned in a canal while skipping classes.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  The Texas Senate approved a bill that would make it harder for parents to be prosecuted for contributing to a child's truancy.