Three bail reform measures filed by Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) and prioritized by both Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick sailed through the Texas Senate with bipartisan support Wednesday, ...

One of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top legislative priorities, the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT), has been filed in the Texas Senate. Patrick first proposed DPRIT in November 2024 ...

Speaker Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) has said he expects this session to be, more than anything else, an education session, and last week the Texas House dropped a payload of bills to that effect. The ...

In a bipartisan vote, Texas senators have overwhelmingly approved placing an amendment to the state constitution on the ballot in hopes that despite previous failures, this year’s House members will ...

On the heels of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being confirmed as the new U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Texas has followed the “Make America Healthy Again” path with its own legislation to ...

In a unique moment in legislative history, the names Matthew McConaughey, Dennis Quaid, Woody Harrelson, Billy Bob Thornton, Renee Zellwegger, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are colliding in an effort to ...

Gov. Greg Abbott called for forging a “nuclear power renaissance” in Texas during his 2025 State of the State address, two legislators have filed legislation intended to make the concept a reality.

Gov. Greg Abbott made a point of talking about teacher pay raises in his 2025 State of the State address, and now the Texas Senate has filed legislation to address the issue. Sen. Brandon Creighton (R ...

State and local law enforcement arrested three illegal immigrants and seized nearly 350 lbs of methamphetamine near Liberty County’s Colony Ridge settlement last week. Liberty County Sheriff Bobby ...

The Texas Senate’s priority taxpayer-funded lobbying ban was filed on Thursday, starting the clock on the latest attempt by some Republicans to establish such a prohibition. State Sen. Mayes Middleton ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick continues to beat the drum of products containing consumable tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Texas, and now a bill has been filed that significantly tightens the state’s hemp ...

A plethora of bills related to the latest abortion-related battlefield, in vitro fertilization (IVF), have been filed in both chambers of the Texas Legislature — mostly consisting of Democratic ...