Republican Texas lawmakers will claim victory on several conservative priorities as they return to their districts after the legislative session ends, despite Democrats unsuccessfully seeking to derail those proposals.

The Legislature passed a bill to establish a school voucher program, clinching a "holy grail" wish list item that had long eluded Gov. Greg Abbott and his predecessor. Thanks to bills that have already passed, Texas will also put the Ten Commandments in every classroom, require state documents to reflect a person's sex assigned at birth, force sheriffs to help arrest migrants who are in the U.S. illegally and ban taxpayer-funded out-of-state abortion travel . Lawmakers are also poised to enact sweeping restrictions on library materials that minors can access and ban THC

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