Lawmakers return today, here’s your Special Session Cheat Sheet

AUSTIN (KXAN/AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott has formally called state lawmakers into a special legislative session starting today — directing them to approve oversight rules allowing some state agencies to continue operating before tackling a host of other proposals he wants approved.
Abbott’s proclamation means the Legislature will reconvene at 10 a.m.
For now, he asked only to extend operations of the Texas Medical Board and other entities set to expire this fall, after lawmakers fai