The governments of China, Russia, North Korea and Iran would not be allowed to purchase land in Texas under a proposal preliminarily passed by the Texas Senate.
Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, is the author of the bill that bans government entities and companies with ties to China, North Korea, Iran and Russia from buying agricultural land in Texas.
The new version would ban governmental entities, along with companies headquartered in one of the countries listed on the Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, pushed back against critics of the bill who say it’s discriminatory, calling that assertion “incorrect.” “Bills like this that really push this narrative that people of Asian descent, that people who have Chinese descent, that they're dangerous, that somehow they're a threat to national security,” Trieu. “This hurts the entire Asian-American community, whether you identify as being Chinese or not.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Texas Senate passes bill requiring public school classrooms to display Ten CommandmentsTexas State Senator Phil King says Senate Bill 1515, which he wrote, would require the 10 Commandments to be prominently displayed in every single classroom, in every public school in the state.
Read more »
$95 million Texas Lotto ticket sold in Colleyville - KRLD NewsTexas Lotto has been drawing numbers multiple times a week since September without getting a winner, increasing the prize total after each failed drawing. The seven-month stretch helped bring the total to $95 million, the third-largest prize in Texas Lotto history. Now, a winner has finally been found, as Texas Lotto announced this weekend that a winning ticket was recently sold in Colleyville. Photo: A customer purchases a lottery ticket at a CITGO gas station on Jan. 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Read more »
Eric Rumple: Thanks to the Utah Senate, Suzanne Harrison has become a victim of cancel cultureEric Rumple: “Both conservatives and liberals have practiced cancel culture, but progressives control the country’s major universities, and it is at those major universities where cancel culture is the most inexcusable and damaging.”
Read more »
Lindsey Graham says he’ll support replacing Feinstein on Judiciary only if she resigns from SenateSen. Lindsey Graham says the only event in which Democrats would receive his support to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee is if she resigns from office.
Read more »
With his agenda through Senate, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pushes House to complyAUSTIN — With nearly his entire legislative agenda approved by the Senate weeks before the Legislature’s session ends, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is now...
Read more »
House bill that caps pet rent and deposits passes SenateIt's a bill that would significantly reduce the amount of pet rent and deposits that you'd have to pay in Colorado. The House is set to approve a final version before it heads to the governor's desk. Here's how it would impact you.
Read more »