Lawmakers filed dozens of bills that would increase transparency around spending in elections and strengthen penalties for ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led another poll against Senator John Cornyn in the state's 2026 Senate primary race.

At least four companies say they are prepared to treat the water well enough to be released into rivers in West Texas.

The bill passed on the heels of a blanket ban of unregulated retail hemp-based THC consumables that is headed to Gov. Greg ...

The Texas Senate has approved a bill that defines sex as either male or female based on biological reproductive systems, ...

The Texas Senate passed House Bill 229, which strictly defines "woman" and "man" based on reproductive organs, in a 20-11 ...

Student athletes would be able to receive a slice of the billions of dollars Texas colleges generate in revenue from their ...

A slate of bills targeting the Texas renewables industry are now doomed after missing a key deadline in the state House. The bills had become the focus in an intra-Republican battle over ...

The supplemental budget bill spends part of the remaining money from the state’s current tax collections on projects, funding ...

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A bill approved by the state Senate would allow colleges to strike name, image and likeness deals directly with their athletes.

Many trans Texans have changed the sex listed on their birth certificate, driver’s licenses and other documents. They say ...