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Texas "Bathroom Bill" Passes In Senate, House Vote Uncertain

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TEXAS HOUSE BILL - 6:  A  North Carolina-style "bathroom bill" in Texas won preliminary approval Tuesday in the state Senate over the objections of big businesses including Amazon and American Airlines. After a long debate, the Texas Senate voted 21-to-10 in favor of Senate Bill 6. It would bar transgender people from using the restroom of their choice at publicly-owned facilities.  Republican State Senator Lois KolKhorst of Brenham is the sponsor. She says bill supporters don’t believe that Transgender people themselves would target women in bathrooms but that predators take advantage of open policies.

Sen. Lois Kolkhorts (R) Brenham, TX
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Sen. Lois Kolkhorts (R) Brenham, TX

TEXAS HOUSE BILL - 6: A North Carolina-style "bathroom bill" in Texas won preliminary approval Tuesday in the state Senate over the objections of big businesses including Amazon and American Airlines.

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Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.