AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday evening, state lawmakers spent several hours hearing testimony on a bill that would restrict who can own land in Texas. Senate Bill 17 would block people from nations ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee is set to hear testimony Monday on a bill that would improve water infrastructure in Texas. Senate Bill 7, authored by ...

Among the bills arriving at the eleventh hour of the Texas Legislature’s mid-March filing deadline was House Bill 28. The ...

Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson, who represents a part of Houston in District 130, introduced House Bill 3817 that would amend the Texas Penal Code to add a new form of fraud related to gender ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the three-term Republican who presides over the Senate, has identified the bill as a legislative priority. Hughes’ push to tighten Texas voter registration relies on ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would effectively create an efficiency office similar to the federal government's Department of Government Efficiency ...

Paxton, began as a challenge to Texas's age-verification law specifically (but SCOTUS's decision will have national ramifications). Coincidentally — or not — a bill calling for age ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill filed in the Texas House of Representatives this week threatens to charge transgender Texans with a crime for identifying with a gender that differs from their sex ...

In fact, a bill that would help rectify the shortage of dental care providers in Texas will be considered by members of the Texas House Public Health Committee during a hearing on Monday ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Tuesday the Texas Senate discussed a pair of bills to introduce religion — primarily Christianity — into Texas public schools. Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) — allowing prayer in school ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Texas Senate has passed Senate Bill 3, a measure that seeks to ban all consumable THC products across the state. The bill, championed by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas state senators voted along party lines this week to pass an education omnibus bill that would eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies at K-12 public ...