local politics

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found nearly three dozen school districts were missing required campaign finance reports online. Now lawmakers are pushing to impose steep penalties on local governments that fail to abide by the law.

The committee chair Thomas Parker defined amortization as "a legal tool available to a municipality in order to terminate the use of a nonconforming land-use.” Parker said it is the role of the committee to determine if the city needs that tool.

Bill author Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said the measure is coming in response to what he called “an explosion” of local ordinances adding regulations.

Lawmakers will debate a number of proposals involving immigration and Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star program.

It’s been almost two years since guitarist and Amarillo-native Hayden Pedigo launched his bizarre announcement for his run for Place One on the Amarillo…