The Texas Legislature’s 2025 session gavels out in a little less than three weeks — operating word there being “gavel.” Those ...

Bills outlining punishments for bookstores, a ban on forever chemicals, and the restructuring of funding for DART missed a ...

The bill would spare the lottery from being abolished, but would keep its operations under close watch for the next two years ...

The Texas Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to overhaul the state's lottery system, passing legislation that dismantles ...

The longtime senator set a national record with 75,000 straight votes and serves on major Senate committees shaping education, justice, health, infrastructure.

"I know a lot of people would be unhappy because I know a lot of people buy lottery tickets, but, folks, you don't want to play a game that's fixed," Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick said.

Hundreds of Texas House bills died on Friday, but 18 survived to the next round, including some key bipartisan issues such as ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Texans "like their Lotto and ... scratch-off games," and therefore, the state will fix the lottery.

State senators unveiled their version of House Bill 2 on May 15. The amended bill, which differs substantially from what ...

After three weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations between chambers, the Texas Senate is considering a rewritten version of ...

A ban on using nondisclosure agreements to silence abuse survivors passed the Texas Senate unanimously — though it may still ...