Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the three-term Republican who presides over the Senate, has identified the proposal as a legislative ...

The measures failed in 2023, but are a priority again for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick after Louisiana mandated the Commandments in ...

A Texas Senate committee on Tuesday advanced bills that would require public school classrooms to display the Ten ...

The goal of the new legislation is to help drive down the cost of housing so that more Texans can afford homes.

A Texas Senate committee has begun discussing Senate Bill 3, which would ban the sale of consumable THC products. Here's what ...

The 2023 law, House Bill 3, increased that annual safety allotment to $10 per student and $15,000 per school in a district.

A new bill filing in the Texas Legislature could prohibit tax rate elections from funding multi-billion-dollar capital ...

What they’re all screaming about is, ‘We want regulation, but we want it the way we want it.'” By Jasper Scherer, The Texas ...

The Legislature has tried to clamp down on renewable energy resources in the past, but many lawmakers are recognizing the ...

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

Senate Bill 314 would ban certain food additives from free and reduced-price meals served in public schools. Senate Bill 25 ...

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