A special session of the Texas Legislature begins on July 21. Lawmakers have 30 days to get through a robust agenda set by ...

The utter failure of state government to respond to tragedies, whether natural disasters or mass shootings, leaves Texans ...

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State Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin filed the first flood related legislation Wednesday ahead of next week’s special session, proposing changes to emergency warning systems operated by ...

Texas Gov. (R) has called a special legislative session to address the deadly floods that have left 134 people dead and 101 others missing. However, in preparation for the session, state GOP lawmakers ...

House Bill 3187 and Senate Bill 2118 — would change how DART is funded and governed, respectively. HB 3187 would have required the transit ...

Texas lawmakers will hold their first joint committee meeting next Wednesday to start to discuss ways to prevent another ...

Trump administration pulls $4B in federal funding for California's bullet train project Fate of HGTV shows starring Christina Haack and Heather and Tarek El Moussa revealed Louisiana cops sold fake ...

Families are still searching for missing loved ones after devastating Hill Country floods. Will lawmakers get distracted by partisan issues?

Texas legislators are set to consider a new set of congressional maps during the special session that starts July 21. The ...

GOP incumbents in deep-red districts also may be wary of the plan if they think it will make their reelection bids more ...

In order to stop the new maps from being created, House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries reportedly told Texas Democrats to “quorum ...