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Is it law yet? See how far some of the most consequential bills have made it in the 2025 Texas Legislature

Is it law yet? See how far some of the most conseq...

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Texas inmate to be executed for killing woman he set on fire inside Garland store

Texas inmate to be executed for killing woman he s...

2 months ago 72

Texas Senate passes bill that would require public schools to use Christian B.C./A.D. system to track years

Texas Senate passes bill that would require public...

2 months ago 103

Trump administration’s first “self-deportation” flight takes off from Houston

Trump administration’s first “self-deportation” fl...

2 months ago 103

Stricter bail rules advance through Texas House, which had blocked an overhaul in previous sessions

Stricter bail rules advance through Texas House, w...

2 months ago 100

A Texas teen was the victim of fake AI nudes. Now a new law requires platforms to remove such content.

A Texas teen was the victim of fake AI nudes. Now ...

2 months ago 102

Texas School Districts Slam the Senate’s School Finance Plan

Texas School Districts Slam the Senate’s School Fi...

2 months ago 140

‘You Don’t Have to Kill Us. You Don’t Have to Throw Us Away.’

‘You Don’t Have to Kill Us. You Don’t Have to Thro...

2 months ago 170

$Oil companies want protection as Texas considers allowing treated fracking water released into rivers$

Oil companies want protection as Texas considers a...

2 months ago 147

Texas lawmakers are poised to ban minors from social media

Texas lawmakers are poised to ban minors from soci...

2 months ago 112

Five district attorneys sue Ken Paxton to block new rule requiring them to hand over case records

Five district attorneys sue Ken Paxton to block ne...

2 months ago 151

Texas businesses feel the pinch from Trump’s tariffs, Fed survey finds

Texas businesses feel the pinch from Trump’s tarif...

2 months ago 124

Long-running lawsuit against Texas’ foster care system appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Long-running lawsuit against Texas’ foster care sy...

2 months ago 142

SpaceX wins federal approval to launch more rockets in South Texas

SpaceX wins federal approval to launch more rocket...

2 months ago 132

Texas lawmakers push to enforce election transparency law after newsrooms found school districts failed to comply

Texas lawmakers push to enforce election transpare...

2 months ago 127

Juvenile detention, imported shrimp, forever chemicals among hundreds of bills cut off by House deadline

Juvenile detention, imported shrimp, forever chemi...

2 months ago 120

Faculty and students blast Texas House panel for limiting testimony on bill that targets state universities

Faculty and students blast Texas House panel for l...

2 months ago 128

Bill requiring air conditioning in all Texas prisons wins preliminary House approval

Bill requiring air conditioning in all Texas priso...

2 months ago 117

Bill that would give the Texas Lottery “a two-year lease on life” gets Senate approval

Bill that would give the Texas Lottery “a two-year...

2 months ago 153

Texas Senate reveals $8 billion school funding plan as it seeks middle ground with House

Texas Senate reveals $8 billion school funding pla...

2 months ago 125

Abbott wants to stop allowing federal benefits in Texas to be spent on unhealthy, high-processed food

Abbott wants to stop allowing federal benefits in ...

2 months ago 128

Texas House bill allowing online voter registration got a public hearing — after missing deadline to become law

Texas House bill allowing online voter registratio...

2 months ago 111

Shipped to El Salvador: An Austin Immigration Lawyer on Her Teen Client’s Forced ‘Disappearance’

Shipped to El Salvador: An Austin Immigration Lawy...

2 months ago 123

As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas leaders look to new water supplies to sustain growth

As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas leaders lo...

2 months ago 166

Texas House could consider repealing ban on homosexual conduct

Texas House could consider repealing ban on homose...

2 months ago 106

The fastest-growing city in the U.S. is in Texas, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of

The fastest-growing city in the U.S. is in Texas, ...

2 months ago 129

Proposal to enhance Texas’ pioneering junk science law approved by Texas House

Proposal to enhance Texas’ pioneering junk science...

2 months ago 125

Bill to limit out-of-state donations to Texas candidates gets House approval

Bill to limit out-of-state donations to Texas cand...

2 months ago 101

Texas House bill on lawsuits shelved after critics label it harmful to free speech

Texas House bill on lawsuits shelved after critics...

2 months ago 116

Houston midwife accused of illegal abortions appeals clinic closures

Houston midwife accused of illegal abortions appea...

2 months ago 127

Business tax breaks closer to reality after Texas Senate approves compromise

Business tax breaks closer to reality after Texas ...

2 months ago 132

Clock is ticking for Texas lawmakers to settle differences on $8 billion public school funding package

Clock is ticking for Texas lawmakers to settle dif...

2 months ago 116

A Texas Writer Tackles a Subject ‘Beckoning in the Shadows His Entire Life’

A Texas Writer Tackles a Subject ‘Beckoning in the...

2 months ago 136

Texas bill seeking to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off farmland misses key deadline

Texas bill seeking to keep toxic “forever chemical...

2 months ago 116

An agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say

An agency tasked with protecting immigrant childre...

2 months ago 113

Pressing deadlines, unfinished business: Where the Legislature stands on abortion, water, property tax and more

Pressing deadlines, unfinished business: Where the...

2 months ago 113

Texas lawmakers debating DEI ban in K-12 schools ask: Do students benefit from teachers who look like them?

Texas lawmakers debating DEI ban in K-12 schools a...

2 months ago 123

Bill requiring Texas hospitals to report the citizenship status of patients killed in House

Bill requiring Texas hospitals to report the citiz...

2 months ago 149

ICE says it deported more than 500 people in the Houston area in one week

ICE says it deported more than 500 people in the H...

2 months ago 175

Bill to ban child marriages in Texas advances in the House

Bill to ban child marriages in Texas advances in t...

2 months ago 114

Texas Legislature approves bill to ease polling place requirements for countywide voting

Texas Legislature approves bill to ease polling pl...

2 months ago 114

TribCast: Can Texas make its housing more affordable?

TribCast: Can Texas make its housing more affordab...

2 months ago 127

After college students protested Israel-Hamas war, Texas Senate votes to restrict time, place and manner of future events

After college students protested Israel-Hamas war,...

3 months ago 70

Texas Already Gives Public Ed Dollars to Private Operators. Here’s How That Worked Out.

Texas Already Gives Public Ed Dollars to Private O...

3 months ago 199

It’s not just about vouchers and school funding. Here are the other Texas public education bills you should track.

It’s not just about vouchers and school funding. H...

3 months ago 171

“A gift to our mothers”: Moms could drive solo in car pool lanes under Texas House bill

“A gift to our mothers”: Moms could drive solo in ...

3 months ago 125

New Senate bill offers last-minute reprieve for troubled Texas Lottery

New Senate bill offers last-minute reprieve for tr...

3 months ago 63

Proposals to require judges to deny bail more often advance through House panel, signaling a broader agreement

Proposals to require judges to deny bail more ofte...

3 months ago 98

Texas House signals expanding state’s medical marijuana program

Texas House signals expanding state’s medical mari...

3 months ago 124

Harrison the Huckster

Harrison the Huckster

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