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From Texas Standard: A Texas lawmaker is calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to add ethics reform to his special session call. Rep. Sarah Davis (R-Houston)...
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House Speaker Joe Straus has made himself enemy No. 1 among the state’s most conservative voters. His crime? His management style.
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House lawmakers tentatively approved a series of bills Monday aimed at helping Texas curb its unusually high rate of women dying less than a year after…
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The Texas House has given early approval to a bill requiring physicians and health care facilities to report more details on abortions complications to…
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From Texas Standard: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants Texans to know that the Texas Senate is making history. Patrick says the chamber's passage of 18 bills...
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The Texas Senate on Wednesday gave tentative approval to a measure that pre-empts local ordinances on drivers’ mobile phone usage, effectively rolling…
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Retired Texas teachers are closer to seeing some relief from higher health care deductibles, and current teachers may be seeing more money in the near...
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The Texas Senate tentatively approved a bill Wednesday aiming to crack down on mail-in ballot fraud, largely by beefing up criminal penalties — a response…
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Texas women would have to pay a separate health insurance premium to get coverage for non-emergency abortions under a bill tentatively passed by the Texas…
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Some states have a full-time legislature, while others pay their lawmakers almost nothing. In Texas, we’re somewhere in between.
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The special session is underway, and of the 20 items Gov. Greg Abbott says he wants lawmakers to tackle, one is getting a lot of attention from teachers:…
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Today, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee will hear testimony on two bills that would restrict bathroom access based on the gender given to...