Approved 30-1, legislation creating a dementia research institute funded with $3 billion in state money next goes to the Texas House.

Fewer than half of Texas public school districts are compliant with new safety guidelines published after the deadly mass shooting in Uvalde.

Texas Senators will convene in the high chamber on Wednesday morning to debate and vote on the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, an initiative that will infuse $3 billion of state money over the next ten years to find a cure for one of the most cruel diseases impacting Texans.

Many school districts have struggled to afford the cost of complying with House Bill 3 from 2023, which requires schools to have an armed officer on each campus.

The Texas Senate has passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would give judges more discretion to hold people accused of committing violent crimes without bail, but advocates are concerned

Texas Senate Bill 5 would create the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. Voters would be asked this fall to approve $3 billion for a decade of funding.

Senate Joint Resolution 1, or "Jocelyn's Law," would keep people without authority to be in the U.S. who are charged with felonies in jail until trial

The Texas Senate has given the green light to a bipartisan bill that some lawmakers say will keep violent offenders off the streets, potentially saving lives.

The Bail Project, a national organization that helps low-income defendants pay bail, said the bill is "based entirely on misinformation and false claims"

Texas senators passed a set of bills this week that would keep more defendants in jail while they await trial for certain felony charges. If passed by the Texas House, two measures would appear on Texans’ ballots this fall.