The Texas Senate has passed Senate Bill 8, a bill that will make several changes to education in public schools across the ...

If a quorum is not met in the Texas House on Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have confirmed they ...

Just as that money begins to flow, some of the state’s 1,200 school districts are still planning to tighten their belts by ...

Senate Bill 10, which would shield victims of sex trafficking from prosecution for certain crimes if they were coerced by their trafficker, has been passed in the Texas Senate during the special ...

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Law enforcement officials say the hemp industry is not adequately regulated and the stores selling the products pose a risk ...

Texas Senate Democrats staged a walkout over a controversial redistricting measure, but Republicans still passed it 19-2.

Republican lawmakers in Texas have opened a new front in their efforts to crack down on abortion, this time with a bill that ...

State Rep. Dennis Paul filed a bill to pull the county's flood control district under a board appointed mainly by Texas Gov.

The Senate’s decision signals another potential standoff with Gov. Greg Abbott, who vetoed a similar ban earlier this year as ...

The Texas Senate's packed floor session Tuesday wasn't without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber's ...