The news of Texas covered today includes:
Rep. Jared Patterson
Our Lone Star story of the day: From the Texas Capitol in the 88th Regular Texas Legislature, I interview state Representative Jared Patterson about his efforts in leading the cleanup of our public school libraries by removing the sexually explicit smut that has found its way into so many.
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Sen. Drew Springer
Also we talk with Senator Drew Springer (SD30) about a variety of bills including a bill to aid rural law enforcement (SB22,) unemployment indexing (SB150,) adding fines for certain violations of election law (SB1807,) land owner damage bill from illegal immigration (SB815,) and SB471 to add a fee to pay for investigation by those repeatedly make unwarranted complaints to TCEQ. Here is the media story about SB471 that I mention in the interview.
In the last segment of today’s show, I speak with Zach Whiting of the Texas Public Policy Foundation about efforts to protect children from online addiction and privacy violations.
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