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AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas version of a North Carolina -style "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people again sputtered out. Chances of any last- minute deals extinguished when the House adjourned for good late Tuesday in a special legislative session , and although Republican Gov . Greg Abbott could order lawmakers to stay in Austin and try again, he would politically risk a third failed attempt with the rest of the country watching. Fortune 500 companies, police and sports leagues, including the NFL and NBA, have spent the year putting considerable public pressure on Texas to abandon the effort. But Abbott and other powerful Republicans have continued pushing to make Texas the first state to follow North Carolina and impose bathroom restrictions on transgender people in schools and public spaces. They've now failed twice, and in doing so, are dealing a rare loss to social conservatives who are used to getting their way in Texas. Here's how the bill came un...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas version of a North Carolina -style "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people again sputtered out Tuesday, leaving Republican Gov . Greg Abbott with little path forward this year over what became one of the most divisive measures in any U.S. legislature. Chances of any last- minute deals extinguished when the House adjourned for good in a special legislative session , and although Abbott could order lawmakers to stay in Austin and try again, he would politically risk a third failed attempt with the rest of the country watching. Fortune 500 companies, police and sports leagues, including the NFL and NBA, have spent the year putting considerable public pressure on Texas to abandon the effort. But Abbott and other powerful Republicans have continued pushing to make Texas the first state to follow North Carolina and impose bathroom restrictions on transgender people in schools and public spaces. They're now set to fail twice, and in do...