Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dade Phelan signaled the third special session could be the last one of the 87th legislature.
Three Senate seats could go to new Republicans in the next election and the lieutenant governor has said who he wants to fill them.
Legislation is expected to go into effect soon to halt a Chinese company’s plans to build a wind farm in Texas after national security concerns were raised.
State party officials currently are not required to resign their post before running for another political office, but newly-passed legislation would close that discrepancy.
"Chubbing" and poor calendar placement left this bill without the chance for a vote by the time the clock tolled midnight.
The perceived clash between the Second and Fifth Amendments made some Democrats hesitant, though a few voted for the bill.
Many Texas parents say public school districts are not providing transparency in the selection of sexual education programs nor full access to approved materials.
“These individuals still can compete, and they can do it under their biological sex,” Perry said before the Senate took a final vote.
The bills share a similar goal: confining the teaching role to engaging students with substantial subject matter.
If passed into law, the bill would ban abortions when a heartbeat can be heard in the womb. Lawmakers diverge on how to enforce it.
Sen. Ted Cruz blasted President Biden over transparency as the White House doubles down on its position that there is “not a crisis.”
One omnibus bill combines a current abortion ban of unborn children with detectable heartbeats and a future ban if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Loved ones will not be separated for months again should another public health crisis arise if the Texas House passes the bill that the Senate unanimously approved on Wednesday.
New legislation would prevent local governments from forcing public charter schools to follow different rules than traditional school districts regarding zoning, permitting, and construction.
A ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying is gaining steam after the state's three highest-level elected officials backed the idea and a new bill was filed in the senate.
Authored by nearly half of the Texas Senate, a proposed constitutional amendment would require legislative approval for extending disaster declarations.
Republican Texas officials have joined a lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott over his unilateral extension of the state's early voting period.
After approving a budget amendment last year, the Austin City Council is moving forward on a contract to support women seeking abortions.
Months after approving a controversial sex education curriculum, new documents released by Texas Values show that Austin ISD violated copyright law in using the curriculum without approval from a Canadian abortion provider.
Armed citizens stopped a madman from killing more people, and two recent changes in state law may have contributed to their ability to save the congregation.
