Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) filed an amicus brief with 13 of his Republican colleagues supporting the motion for a rehearing.
A new Texas law regulating social media platforms that was set to go into effect on Thursday was halted with a temporary injunction from a judge in Austin.
The laws taking effect on December 2 were passed during the second called session of the Texas legislature.
The state appealed to the Fifth Circuit afterward. It remains to be seen whether abortions in Texas will return to August levels.
The Senate is moving forward with restoring harsher penalties for illegal voting but the measure is opposed by Speaker Phelan.
The legislative fight over the Texas election bill has come to an official end with the signing of the bill by Gov. Abbott.
Although House Bill 3979 took effect two days ago, it won't be effective for long. The legislature altered it with Senate Bill 3.
After months of being the central lightning-rod issue in Texas politics, the major GOP election reform bill was approved by the state legislature.
From clarifying when polling locations can be opened to clamping down on vote harvesting, here are some of the major provisions in the Texas election reform bill.
After a late-night filibuster from Sen. Carol Alvarado, the Texas Senate again approved the GOP election reform bill.
Houston Sen. Carol Alvarado says that she will filibuster the GOP election bill “because it is the right thing to do for my constituents.”
The special session replacement for the bill meant to curb critical race theory in the classroom differs from the original in a few key ways.
