A $1 billion voucher program, touted as “the largest school-choice program in American history,” will go toward students’ ...

The Texas House and Senate signed SB 37 after conferencing on changes. The final text limits faculty authority and ...

House and Senate members agreed that judges needed a pay raise. But they spent the final hours of the legislative session ...

Texas is the only Gulf Coast state that doesn’t offer grants to build stronger roofs and homes despite leading the country in ...

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On June 2, the Texas legislature passed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, (TX AI Act or bill) which heads to the ...

Republican factions united to pass most but not all of their conservative priorities in this year’s legislative session, ...

Senate Bill 16, one of Republicans' priority measures, failed to make it to the House floor before the regular session of the ...

Texas lawmakers have filed thousands of bills in the 2025 legislative session. Here are the key bills that have passed so far ...

The Texas Legislature 89th Regular Session ends on June 2. Here are some bills that died in the House and Senate in 2025.

A bill signed by Abbott becomes law. If he leaves a bill unsigned but doesn't veto it, it also automatically becomes law.

Over five months, lawmakers passed approximately 1,200 bills, advancing a robust conservative agenda that touched on ...