With redistricting data not expected to be delivered until after Texas’ regular session, the legislature’s authority to redistrict during a special session could be used to challenge new maps.
Rep. Briscoe Cain and Sen. Bryan Hughes have introduced two different sweeping bills aimed at strengthening election integrity and curbing potential voter fraud.
Several Texas lawmakers are calling for an end to daylight savings, something the state can exempt itself from under federal law.
The hearing examined a committee substitute of the bill, which would create a 10-person “Legislative Oversight Committee” that could end a pandemic disaster declaration.
The legislation includes $1,400 checks for adults and $360 billion for state and local governments.
Prior to Governor Abbott’s lifting of regulations, Texas has had some of the strictest COVID-19 regulations among Republican-led states.
A Texas Senate committee heard legislation on Monday aiming to prohibit social media platforms from censoring users based on their viewpoints.
Authored by nearly half of the Texas Senate, a proposed constitutional amendment would require legislative approval for extending disaster declarations.
Texans who are active License to Carry holders account for a small fraction of convictions according to the Department of Public Safety.
A total of 23 candidates, including 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats, filed to run for the special election in Texas’ Sixth Congressional District.
Rep. Burrows filed a bill to create new guidelines for a pandemic response that solidifies the approach Gov. Abbott took to the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting criticism from some conservatives. Here’s a look at the debate and what’s inside.
After a year of restrictions, Governor Abbott announced that businesses would be permitted to reopen next Wednesday. The statewide mask mandate will also be lifted.
Hearings investigating the Texas blackouts began Thursday.
Susan Wright, wife of the late Congressman Ron Wright, has filed to run for the special election for Texas’ 6th Congressional District scheduled for May 1.
David Spiller won the special runoff election for the North Texas House district with over 60 percent of the vote.
After being fired by Disney’s Lucasfilms, Gina Carano will be starring in a new movie produced in collaboration with The Daily Wire and Bonfire Legend, a Dallas-based film studio.
There was a spike in illegal immigrant arrests in the Del Rio region and an increase in the southwest border region overall.
Coronavirus cases across Texas have now declined to the point where most counties are permitted to expand capacity limits on businesses.
Governor Greg Abbott announced ERCOT reform as an emergency item for the legislature, permitting the body to consider bills on the subject before the 60-day mark of session.
Demand for electricity is higher than it has ever been in Texas.
