The budget increases all funds spending by more than $70 billion.
The committee accused Attorney General Ken Paxton of abusing his office to benefit his friend, real estate developer Nate Paul.
Paxton has faced multiple years-long lawsuits, neither of which have fully played out in court.
Phelan has said allotting state dollars to aid in Paxton's $3.3 million “whistleblower” lawsuit settlement would not be a “proper use of taxpayer dollars.”
Claiming Republican lawmakers are unfairly targeting their elections, Harris County officials announced they will consider legal challenges to new laws.
The faith-based university argued that Biden’s proposed Title IX rule disregards religious beliefs and undermines the purpose of sex-separated athletics.
Pending the outcome of some contingent legislation, the two chambers have settled on a final version for the next biennium.
Calls for investigation and legislation pending to ban child gender modification have prompted some Austin physicians to leave their hospital positions.
Requests for emails between Harris County’s elections administrator and other officials has again been delayed due to an appeal from the secretary of state’s office.
Legal counsel for Judge Hidalgo allegedly advised staff not to obtain records from the auditor or treasurer to comply with public information requests.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office is concerned that pharmaceutical corporations may have misled the public regarding COVID-19 vaccines.
Local officials appealed over 40,000 open records requests last year, often using delay tactics and lawsuits to avoid compliance with transparency laws.
