Special Session

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday put blame on the House — particularly Speaker Joe Straus — for the shortcomings of the special session and left the door…

The Texas Legislature closed out the special session Tuesday night amid a stalemate on property tax reform, leaving unfinished Gov. Greg Abbott's top…

From Texas Standard: One issue that's been top priority during the special legislative session is school finance. On Thursday, nearly 1,500 school...

A bill that would require physicians and health care facilities to report more details on abortion complications to the state — and would fine those that…

Despite it serving, in part, as the reason lawmakers are back in Austin for legislative overtime, the Texas Legislature could very well gavel out next…

The Texas House tentatively approved two bills Thursday that will keep several state agencies from closing, including the Texas Medical Board. If the…

Two months ago, Texas lawmakers quietly did something rare in this statehouse: They sent Gov. Greg Abbott a bill designed to make voting easier for…

From Texas Standard : Rhetoric from lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate raged on at the state Capitol on Tuesday over a Republican bill that...

Texas women would have to pay a separate health insurance premium to get coverage for non-emergency abortions — what an opponent dubbed "rape insurance" —…

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus had their first meeting in months on Monday. "The Speaker and I had a substantive meeting today where we…

The Texas House on Friday passed a package of bills that would put $1.8 billion into public schools and help out struggling small, rural school…

The rules of a special legislative session are pretty simple: The governor rules. Only the governor can call a special session , and only the governor...