Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom

If Senate Bill 14 were to become law, gender-affirming care practices for people under 18 years old would be banned in the state of Texas. This is the second proposal targeting transgender people to receive full approval from the Texas Senate this week.

Senate Republicans have decided to focus on bills that target gender-affirming care for minors, drag performances, and school books that talk about gender and sexuality.

An analysis by The Texas Newsroom found a 36% increase in the demand for foreign workers in the state in just one year.

Gov. Greg Abbott will deliver his the biennial State of the State address Thursday at 7 p.m. CT. Abbott is expected to use the prime-time speech to outline his priorities for state lawmakers this year. The speech could also provide greater clarity on whether Abbott has set his sights on a 2024 presidential run.

Last session, in 2021, Phelan appointed 14 Democrats and 21 Republicans as committee chairs. This year only nine Democrats will lead committees.

Three representatives from Texas voted against Kevin McCarthy to be speaker of the House. All represent different parts of the state but they stood united against McCarthy until Friday afternoon.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday a ban of the popular app TikTok from all government-issued devices.

The race for governor between incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O'Rourke is getting more competitive as Abbott tries to pull his base closer by laying into immigration.

Nine years ago, state Sen. Wendy Davis stopped a vote on a bill that would have forced Texas abortion facilities to close. Now abortions will soon be illegal in the state with few exceptions.

Facts are trickling out about the police response during the shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Surveillance video shows police entering the school with rifles and a ballistic shield much earlier than known.

During the shooting at Robb Elementary School, Pete Arredondo was in charge of the police response. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, he made the decision to not confront the shooter for over an hour.

Abbott’s comments came hours after the Texas Department of Public Safety admitted the decision to not immediately engage the shooter was "wrong."