Expert testimony before North Texas county commissioners asserted that proposed state election reforms will have a detrimental economic impact.
Procedural tactics meant to get the bill past the committee fizzled out. One Republican who would have been the swing vote was absent.
Executive orders have been used more and more at the federal level and a new bill looks to pump the brakes on their deployment in Texas.
Attorneys, local politicians, Planned Parenthood, and ordinance herald Mark Lee Dickson chime in on the landmark vote.
Only 10 percent of registered voters in Dallas County turned out to vote on Election Day. Neighboring Tarrant County saw 13 percent turnout.
A spokesman for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said The New York Times took his remarks about Gov. Greg Abbott out of context.
The northeast Texas Democrats rejected the resignation of Gary O’Connor, who submitted it after calling Sen. Tim Scott an “oreo.”
Reforms authored by Sen. Bettencourt would explicitly exclude epidemics from local emergency management, and reduce violations from criminal to civil penalties.
Rep. Jeff Cason attached a pornography-restricting amendment to priority broadband legislation and it is now the biggest point of contention between the two chambers.
Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley suggested paying county residents a cash incentive to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Based on background check data, the number of Texans applying for a License to Carry is outpacing the amount of previous years.
Masks are now optional for senators, staff, and members of the public, but a COVID-19 test is still required for entrance to the Senate Gallery and committee meetings.
As commerce picks up, Texas' fiscal projections have steadily improved with previously projected shortfalls now gone or seriously reduced for the next biennium.
Mattie Parker and Deborah Peoples are the two remaining candidates in the race for mayor of Fort Worth. The runoff is scheduled for June 5.
Nirenberg will stay at the helm for a third term after a markedly unaggressive campaign strategy contrasted his 2019 run.
Listed among Gov. Abbott's emergency items, bail reform for violent offenders has passed its first marker after the House gave initial approval.
With only until the end of the month for lawmakers to pass bills, here’s where the progress on the Texas GOP’s legislative priorities currently stands.
The jungle special election in the North Texas congressional district has resulted in two Republicans moving on to a runoff, Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey.
After nearly two years of relaxed public camping laws, voters in the City of Austin elected to reinstate the public camping ban.
The measure passed overwhelmingly. It allows the living kin of aborted children to sue their abortionists and those who aided the procedure.
