We must protect our children, we must protect our educators" Tx House approves school safety bill

House Bill 3 requires an armed security guard on the campus of every public and open-enrollment charter school in the state. The first-year price tag for this additional campus protection is $1.6 billlion. Will schools have the funding to maintain this mandate?

What's Your Point?
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On this week's Texas, The Issue is - Steven Dial talks to State Representative Joe Moody about safety on school campuses and state gun laws. Sunday morning Greg Groogan and the panel discussed the topic

16 City Council seats up for election this November
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Greg Groogan and the panel discuss who's going to run for city council and their willingness to stand up to the mayor, whoever that might be.

One on one with Lee Kaplan, candidate for mayor
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What's Your Point host Greg Groogan sits down one on one with Houston attorney Lee Kaplan to talk with himeabout why he wants to be Houston's mayor.

Former Vice President Mike Pence testifies before grand jury for 5 hours
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Former Vice President Mike Pence testified for five hours this week before a federal grand jury investigating his former bosses' efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

What's Your Point?Former Vice-President Pence testifies before Grand Jury for 5 hours
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Former Wice President Mike Pence testified for five hours this week before a federal grand jury investigating his former bosses' efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Biden's presidential run and the Hunter Biden baggage
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In the week Joe Biden announces officially for the 2024 campaign comes word that federal prosecutors apparently are preparing to formally charge the president's son with at least one felony. Will another DOJ probe change the election or will it be Trump vs. Biden - the sequel?

A slight move towards decriminalization of pot
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The Texas House passed a bill this week decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana, the panel almost all agree it'll never pass the Texas Senate.

Reigning  in "rogue" District Attorneys
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State leaders have expressed concern over some Texas District Attorneys "announcing" that there are some state laws they just won't prosecute in their jurisdiction. House Bill 17 would allow citizens from a given jurisdiction - Travis County for instance - to file a "removal petition" against the district attorney...and have that claim heard by an outside judge. The proposal passed by the Texas House lists as actionable misconduct "categorically refusing to prosecute criminal offenses under state law"..

Limiting foreign ownership of Texas land
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Senate Bill 147 by Republican Lois Kolkhorst was intended to help support national security, but after a large backlash from Asian Americans, the version of the bill that passed is most softer tahn the bill that was originally filed.

School safety bill moves through Texas House
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House Bill 3 requires an armed security guard on the campus of every public and open-enrollment charter school in the state. The first-year price tag for this additional campus protection is $1/6 billlion. Will schools have the funding to maintain this mandate?

Talarico proposal to distribute state?s multi-billion dollar surplus
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The panel discusses the plans of State Representative James Talarico, outlining his proposal to distribute a chunk of the state?s multi-billion dollar surplus back to Texans that are struggling to make ends meet.

County Administrator Dave Berry announces resignation
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The panel discusses County Administrator Dave Berry, announcing his resignation for a job in the renewable energy industry.

The tragedy of being in the wrong place at the wrong time
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The panel discusses the seven people shot over a week?s span for what is deemed to be them simply being ?in the wrong place, at the wrong time?.

Tension building between GOP in both Texas chambers
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The panel discusses the overflow of tension between the republican leaders of both chambers as they overview the best options of the state?s multi-billion dollar surplus to property owners.

GOP election bills moving swiftly through Texas Senate
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The panel discusses the remarks of State Senator, John Whitmire, speaking in opposition to Senate Bill 990; which would eliminate countywide voting on Election Day. Other election related bills that passed this week include eliminating the Harris County elections Administrator position, stricter rules on mail-in ballots and criminal penalties attached restrictions.

HB 2127 may have a bigger impact on everyday lives than any other bill this session
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HB 2127 pre-empts nearly all locally approved regulations and replaces them with a uniform state-wide standard State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) says he is streamlining the economic playing field and preventing activists from pushing social agendas. Opponents say the bill prevents communities to solve local issues with local solutions .

Texas Senate approves bill eliminating faculty tenure
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The panel discusses the recent approval made by the Texas senate to abolish ?faculty tenure? and policy standards regarding ?diversity, equity, and inclusion? on public university campuses.

One medical marijuana bill passes in Texas House
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Greg Groogan and the panel discuss the one marijuana related bill that is moving through the legislature and the hopes that a second bill will also. House Bill 1805 increases the amount of THC and allows for greater relief for chronic pan sufferers House Bill 218 would bar the arrest of and lower the criminal penalty for Texans in possession of an ounce or less of pot.T

Families of Uvalde victims call for gun control legislation
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The panel discusses the request from family members of the children who lives were taken during the Uvalde-Robb Elementary school massacre, for law makers to increase the age limit from 18 to 21 in order to legally purchase a firearm.