The clock ran out on several bills favored by hard-right Texas lawmakers on Tuesday, with topics ranging from abortion to ...

School boards could pull books from school library shelves if they deem them profane or indecent under legislation given ...

Other conservative-led states, including Florida and North Carolina, have sought to influence who leads colleges and what ...

A Texas bill that would order the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms was advanced by the Senate, ...

The Texas Senate has approved a bill that defines sex as either male or female based on biological reproductive systems, ...

A trade group’s analysis says 51 factories in Texas could close or never open under the measure, which rolls back Biden-era ...

Senate Bill 16 is imperiled after missing a deadline in the House. It was among the most sweeping proof-of-citizenship ...

Senate Bill 2858 would have expanded a sweeping state law intended to erode the authority of the state’s major urban areas.

The Texas House gave a thumbs Wednesday to a bill allowing smaller homes on smaller lots in Texas’ biggest cities..

If Abbott signs the bill into law, the days are numbered for Texans to legally purchase THC products, such as delta-8 and ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is pushing for the ban to become law, while the hemp industry and veterans groups are lobbying Abbott ...

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