The supplemental budget bill spends part of the remaining money from the state’s current tax collections for projects, ...

The Texas House passed a Senate bill that would increase the state’s film incentive fund to its highest total yet. After an amendment, Senate Bill 22, filed by Sen. Joan Huffman (R- Houston), ...

The law, effective on Jan. 1, requires parental consent to download apps or make in-app purchases for users aged under 18.

House Bill 2000 was named after Audrii Cunningham, a Polk County girl who last year was killed by Don Steven McDougal, a ...

Nothing says college football like live mascots. Texas fans are lucking to have one so iconic. We rank all 10 SEC mascots ...

Legislation that would have added several layers of regulation to new wind and solar power facilities – rules opposed by ...

A Texas state bill that would require public schools to post donated placards of the Ten Commandments created an "ironic" moment in debate.

Senate Bill 835, nicknamed “Trey's Law," bans NDAs in civil cases that prevent a person who was sexually abused from speaking ...

In passing the ban, Texas joins several states in the U.S. that have banned or restricted intoxicating forms of hemp.

But even as the outbreak slows, a bill approved by state lawmakers and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would make it ...

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Plus: The near death of starter-home reform in Texas, Colorado's pending ban on rent-recommendation software, and a very ...