Texas Senate

94 year-old Reta Ward has been calling all the Texas state lawmakers for decades to weigh in on everything from water policy to school vouchers.

The base salary for state judges hasn't changed or adjusted for inflation since 2013, ranking Texas second-to-last for judicial salaries in the country.

The council says it will have to make changes to its naming and policies to avoid confrontation with federal and state governments hostile to DEI initiatives.

The bill aims to ban nondisclosure agreements in child sexual abuse cases, sexual assault cases and human trafficking cases.

Senators will hold a hearing Thursday on their counterproposal to the House's school funding bill. House Democrats and public education advocates have criticized the upper chamber for not moving faster to advance the legislation.

Since abortion became almost entirely illegal in Texas in 2021, the state has seen a significant rise in the number of women who die in pregnancy or after giving birth. A new bill aims to change that.

State Rep. Jeff Leach accused the Texas Senate of weakening a bill aimed at banning nondisclosure agreements for child sexual abuse cases.

A Texas Senate bill under consideration would lower the current age from 16 for juveniles already in the system and commit a second felony.

The Texas House is considering a bill to abolish May elections, which have the lowest turnout of any election.

Abortion is illegal in Texas, but some women are still accessing abortion through mail-order drugs. Senate Bill 2880 aims to crack down on the practice.

The bill gives the state new tools to try to stop the flow of abortion pills, but critics say it’s legally dubious on several fronts.

Texas lawmakers advanced a bill to change the language in the state's abortion laws in an effort to clarify when doctors are allowed to perform an abortion during a medical emergency. The bill, which passed unanimously in the Texas Senate on Tuesday, is the first time Republican lawmakers have sought to amend the state's ban since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.