Texas pet stores will be allowed to continue selling dogs and cats after a state bill seeking to end the practice died in a ...

A deal on a sweeping plan to pump $8.5 billion to Texas public schools has been struck. A compromise between the Texas House ...

The deal, confirmed by three lawmakers familiar with the discussions, appears to strike a face-saving compromise for both ...

Texas moves to become the third state to adopt Bitcoin in its investment strategy with Senate Bill 21, creating a Strategic ...

State Sen. Sarah Eckhardt’s bill, SB 719, which aimed to study Texas’ mental health facilities and treatment system, failed ...

This session’s centerpiece legislation is the plan to allocate $1 billion annually that families can use to help pay for ...

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As the 89th Texas Legislature approaches its conclusion, a controversial bill proposing to ban minors from social media ...

The House voted 129-6 on Wednesday to preliminarily approve a bill to clarify Texas’ near-total abortion ban, after it passed the Senate unanimously last month. Despite wide bipartisan support for ...

The bill seeks to better prepare law enforcement agencies to respond to mass shootings and avoid a repeat of the 2022 ...

Senate Bill 31 comes after reporting found that confusion surrounding Texas’ abortion ban had resulted in the deaths of at ...

The deal, confirmed by three lawmakers familiar with the discussions, appears to strike a face-saving compromise for both ...