Senate Bill 8 would further expand the state’s role in enforcing immigration laws, long the sole jurisdiction of the federal ...

State legislators passed an array of bills this year aimed at reining in the state’s high home prices and rents.

Local organizations strongly opposed the measure, hosting phone banking events to urge lawmakers to vote against the bill.

The state standardized test has long been criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and putting unnecessary ...

The goal of the bill, according to the author, was to curb “nuclear verdicts” — ones that award victims $10 million or more.

A bill to increase judicial salaries from $140,000 to $175,000 a year stalled amid a disagreement over lawmakers’ own ...

Ken Paxton sought more power for his office to take up election cases But lawmakers haven’t agreed on a measure that would ...

Tensions flared and the debate turned personal as Republicans said their bill empowered parents and denied predictions that ...

A boost in public school spending, school vouchers, and money for water systems are other highlights of the state budget, ...

Research shows cellphones interfere with students' ability to focus in class. Texas would join at least nine other states ...

Critics say House Bill 229, which has gone to the governor, discriminates against trans people, but the full effect remains ...

Senate Bill 6, which now heads to the governor’s desk, gives the state’s electricity managers the ability to shut power to ...