The last day of Texas' 2025 legislative session is here. After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, the Texas Legislature has ...

Both chambers of the Texas Legislature have passed a bill banning students from forming LGBTQ+-focused clubs like GSAs in ...

Governor Greg Abbott recently signed a bill that would close a loophole that has raised the insurance rates of widows across the state ...

Senate Bill 541, known as the Texas Food Freedom Act of 2025, was recently signed into law, having some cottage food vendors excited about the changes. “It will benefit everyone because we can expand ...

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Texas lawmakers are ordering all counties to seek federal agreements that may be limited to jailhouses—or may convert ...

Texas Senate Bill 1567, which outlaws some residential occupancy limits, would only apply to college towns with populations ...

Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time? That is the question. And Texas lawmakers have wrongly said the answer is to spring ...

The Texas Senate approves a $338 billion budget with funds for property tax relief, education, and infrastructure.

“Kids, by their nature, are disruptive. They are trying to learn socially appropriate behaviors. They're trying to adjust to ...

Ken Paxton sought more power for his office to take up election cases But lawmakers haven’t agreed on a measure that would ...

Despite headline-grabbing moves by companies like Tesla and Oracle, tech employment in Texas’s biggest cities is slipping.