Oct. 4 Evening Newscast

Published October 4, 2021 at 5:00 PM CDT

Republican State Senators are pushing forward with a plan to increase the penalty for illegal voting. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has said the Texas Senate will pass the bill this week.

The Texas Senate is expected to pass a bill which would increase penalties for voting illegally.
Texas lawmakers are considering how to allocate billions of dollars' worth of COVID relief funds. A Senate Committee set the broad outlines for how it will seek to spend much of the money, while taking public testimony on how to allocate the rest.