Texas Legislature

A sixth member of the Texas House tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Some Democrats have said it's ultimately Gov. Abbott's responsibility to restore the funding he chose to veto.

Lawmakers cannot pass laws to improve Texas’ power grid during the special legislative session. They’re discussing it anyway.

In an interview with the Standard, the governor says he’ll call “special session after special session” until the Republican-backed legislation passes.

While Democrats were in Washington, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1, one of the sweeping voting bills House members are blocking from passage.

San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro, as a state representative in 2003, participated in a similar quorum break to Oklahoma with more than four dozen Democrats at the time to stop redistricting bills. Nearly 20 years later, Castro will assist his legislative counterparts during their potentially weeks-long stay in D.C. and support federal voting legislation.

Republicans tried to shift political power in 2003. Now, they want to preserve it. This time, national Democrats have the power to do something.

In effect, the law could eliminate access to all abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

The latest bills contain many measures from a past failed legislative effort that voting rights groups say would make it harder to vote in Texas.

Texas lawmakers are back in Austin Thursday after wrapping up the 87th regular legislative session just over a month ago. Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session to work on what he considers unfinished business.

The agenda sets up several conservative priorities. Democrats could employ some headline-catching defense tactics.

We asked our readers for their questions about the special legislative session that starts Thursday in Texas. These are the answers.