The “D” in “DOGE” stood for “drama” during a Saturday Texas House committee hearing, at the end of which the body voted down pivotal safety net legislation for agencies under sunset review this year.

The Texas Senate has granted initial approval to an $8.5 billion public education funding and teacher pay package — an agreement that was reached earlier in the week by leaders from both the upper and ...

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A four-week trial over a redistricting challenge to the congressional maps Texas adopted in 2021 began on Wednesday, with plaintiffs alleging legislators shorted the state two Hispanic-majority ...

President Donald Trump’s federal domestic policy package he called the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” passed in the U.S. House early Thursday morning and included a $12 billion border security ...

Two candidates are in a runoff election to become mayor of San Antonio, the seventh most populous city in the country: Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos. The original race on May 3 had 27 candidates ...

The Texas House passed a bill this week that will direct the State Board of Education (SBOE) to develop K-12 social studies standards that include education on the “history, tactics, and consequences ...

A bill to ban certain consumable THC products from being sold in Texas produced heated debate, parliamentary maneuvers, and a bevy of amendments on Wednesday before being finally passed on the House ...

Gun rights activists saw one of their most significant legislative victories in recent years, after the U.S. House of Representatives passed federal budget legislation that included a last-minute ...

Harris County plans to find $142 million in next year’s budget for pay hikes for law enforcement officers equivalent to the newly approved salaries for the Houston Police Department. In a three to two ...

Highly-anticipated legislation clarifying the state’s abortion laws regarding life-of-the-mother exceptions was given initial passage by the Texas House. Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth) took to the ...