Texas Senate passes legislation to keep some defendants in jail without bail. Here's why.
Senate Joint Resolution 1, or "Jocelyn's Law," would keep people without authority to be in the U.S. who are charged with ...
Texas lawmakers introduce bill to limit scholarships to international student-athletes
Here are the details of a bill quietly introduced in the Texas legislature that targets student-athletes that aren't U.S.
Reeling Texas Democrats Get a Rare Sight: Their National Chair
Though victory in the state feels farther away than ever, some Democrats, including their new leader, say Texas could still ...
Democrats split over Gov. Abbott's request for Congress to reimburse Texas for its border security efforts
Democrats from North Texas disagree about whether Congress should pay back the State of Texas billions of dollars that it ...
Rep Harris pens bill to require students sing state song at school-sponsored athletic events
Palestine, has introduced a bill to the 89th Texas Legislature that would require school boards to adopt a policy ensuring the national anthem and “Texas, Our Texas” are played before every ...
Protestors push for change this Texas Legislative Session
Protesters called on lawmakers to consider ending the state-run border enforcement initiative Operation Lone Star.
Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared.
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind ...
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Texas House proposes bills that could expand public school funding, create education savings account program
The Texas Legislature may be getting poised to provide long-needed financial relief to public schools across the state. On ...
Capitol Context: How the Texas Senate ‘school choice’ plan compares to other states
The Texas Senate recently passed its version of a school choice program with Senate Bill 2. The proposed legislation calls ...
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Texas Lottery ticket sales to third-party services fuel controversy and questions about the agency’s future
While the Lottery Commission says it can’t regulate sales to couriers, lawmakers want changes after two major jackpots were ...
Lawmakers push to address EMS challenges in small Texas counties
Lawmakers in Texas have introduced two bills they hope will provide critical funding for rural emergency medical services. If ...
Texas House creates its own ‘DOGE’ to ‘reduce the size and scope of government’
The Texas House has created the Delivery of Government Efficiency (Texas DOGE) Committee, chaired by Rep. Giovanni ...