/tags/local-control Local Control en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 20:07:28 GMT /texas/2018-01-31/many-texas-cities-have-policies-completely-opposite-from-the-state-its-not-a-coincidence From Texas Standard.If the latest catalyst for states going their own way was the Paris Climate Agreement, in Texas it was SB4. That’s the law banning� Wed, 31 Jan 2018 20:07:28 GMT /texas/2018-01-31/many-texas-cities-have-policies-completely-opposite-from-the-state-its-not-a-coincidence Joy Diaz /texas/2017-07-26/corpus-christi-mayor-joe-mccomb-decries-greg-abbotts-aggressive-attack-on-cities From Texas Standard:Mayors from across the state headed to Austin on Wednesday to meet with Gov. Greg Abbott over concerns about efforts to pass measures� Wed, 26 Jul 2017 19:59:50 GMT /texas/2017-07-26/corpus-christi-mayor-joe-mccomb-decries-greg-abbotts-aggressive-attack-on-cities Jill Ament /texas/2017-07-10/cities-rights-are-under-attack-in-the-local-control-fight-at-the-legislature From Texas Standard:A week after the Fourth of July, independence is still on the minds of Texans. But two-and-a-half centuries after the U.S. became a� Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:18:29 GMT /texas/2017-07-10/cities-rights-are-under-attack-in-the-local-control-fight-at-the-legislature Rhonda Fanning /texas/2017-03-28/greg-abbotts-bid-to-block-local-regulations-may-go-nowhere-this-session From Texas Standard:Gov. Greg Abbott says the state � not cities or counties � should have the final say on issues like fracking regulations, bag bans,� Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:08:18 GMT /texas/2017-03-28/greg-abbotts-bid-to-block-local-regulations-may-go-nowhere-this-session Michael Marks /politics/2017-03-27/gov-abbott-this-country-isnt-the-united-states-of-municipalities FORT WORTH � Gov. Greg Abbott raised many eyebrows last week when he threw his support behind a "broad-based law" that pre-empts local regulations, a� Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:26:03 GMT /politics/2017-03-27/gov-abbott-this-country-isnt-the-united-states-of-municipalities Patrick Svitek