Several North Texas superintendents have pressed for the legislation for months, saying teachers need better tools to ...

The House passage of the measure asking voters to amend the state Constitution to tighten the state’s bail laws hands a major ...

Senate Bill 6, which now heads to the governor’s desk, gives the state’s electricity managers the ability to shut power to ...

On Thursday, a group of civil rights and advocacy organizations said they would pursue litigation against Senate Bill 10 when ...

Senate Bill 15, a top priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, is part of a broader wave of zoning reforms pushed by state ...

Deadlines for passing bills on second and third readings have come and gone in the Texas Capitol, and now lawmakers turn their attention to the final steps of passing remaining bills in the final days ...

Texas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want. That’s unlikely to change even as the state ...

House Bill 3187 and Senate Bill 1557 would have required the transit agency to create a permanent general mobility program ...

Landlords and retailers are pleading with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to veto a bill that would ban the sale of intoxicating hemp ...

Civil liberties groups, including the ACLU, are planning to sue the state of Texas over a bill requiring public schools to ...

Texas is in the midst of a housing attainability crisis — one that’s growing more acute by the year, particularly in rapidly ...

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