A “Buy Texan, Buy American” bill that promotes more manufacturing jobs in Texas has won final approval in the Texas Senate.

If signed by Gov. Rick Perry, the measure would become the first in many years to require the state to prefer in-state and domestic purchases when cost and quality considerations are equal. Read more below.

  Texas AFL-CIO President Becky Moeller called for Texas to improve workplace regulation as part of a response to the deadly West Fertilizer explosion.

  The House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee began legislative hearings on the West explosion. The committee was told, among other things, that a report on the cause of the April 17 blast will be issued some time around May 10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  A unanimous 146-0 vote in the Texas House sent a "Buy Texan, Buy American" bill to the Senate for further consideration.

  The bill by state Rep. Yvonne Davis, D-Dallas, applies to state purchases and would establish a preference for goods manufactured in Texas and in the U.S.  HB 535 has the strong support of the United Labor Legislative Committee.