After compromising on a lesser coverage period in 2021, the Texas House is back to try and pass its one-year postpartum coverage extension.
Rose's bill is now one vote away from moving across the rotunda to the Texas Senate where its passage will be more tenuous.
Without suspending the constitutional order of business, lawmakers must wait 60 days before considering most bills and resolutions on the floor.
Speaker Dade Phelan published his first set of priority bills for the 88th Legislative Session.
The Texas House reelected Phelan as speaker by a vote of 143 to 3.
Commercial casinos are banned in Texas, but a political action committee funded by a Las Vegas corporation hopes to change that.
Texas Sands PAC has given more than a million dollars to Texas politicians and candidates this year.
A Cameron County jury convicted Melissa Lucio in 2008 on a charge of capital murder in the death of her two-year-old daughter.
Under Article IV, Section 14 of the Texas Constitution, Gov. Greg Abbott has the authority to veto bills passed by the legislature.
Rep. Tom Oliverson (R-Cypress), a medical doctor, led the effort to end the requirement to wear masks in the chamber and committees.
The post-session study of where state house lawmakers fall on the ideological spectrum has been released by Rice University fellow Mark Jones.
The 86th Legislature is officially over. For those wondering where prominent bills stand, here's a cheat sheet for the session.
