A Texas House bill to close a loophole in the state’s sexual assault laws got a hearing in the Senate Criminal Justice committee on Thursday, after its supporters made a push Tuesday for its ...

While supporters of the bill say it's needed to make it easier to remove squatters, some in opposition say it undermines due ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A senate bill aimed to increase criminal penalties for assault and harassment against utility employees cleared the House of Representatives this week. Senate Bill 482 was ...

The chamber jettisoned a provision tenants’ advocates warned would make it easier for Texas landlords to evict renters.

The Texas Senate unanimously passed House Bill 2 on Friday, allocating billions more for the state's public schools. Lawmakers in the upper chamber voted 31-0 just before 7 p.m., with Republicans and ...

Six years after legalizing hemp and its by-products, the state is revising its drug policies and criminalizing products sold by thousands of Texas businesses.

Lawmakers passed a bill aimed at squatters and nixed more sweeping reforms that tenant advocates have warned would endanger ...

A historic state school finance bill now has bipartisan support after a compromise was reached earlier Thursday between the ...

Texas legislators in both chambers have pushed through a ban on cannabis-derived compounds tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products in the state, which include a range of products including beverages and ...

A bill that would lower the population threshold for Texas counties to create medical examiner offices – expanding the number of those death investigation offices as the state grows – passed out of ...

The Texas House of Representatives voted to preliminarily approve a bill that will fully ban any consumable hemp products ...

The Texas Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to eliminate the Texas Lottery Commission, which seeks to shift ...