Texas lawmakers are trying to replace one big STAAR test in public schools with three shorter tests. House Bill 8 is set for ...

Exactly a week ago, Texas House Democrats returned to the state after fleeing to prevent Republicans from voting on President ...

(The Center Square) – Multiple bills addressing housing affordability become law Sept. 1. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bills ...

Lawmakers in the House and Senate are considering nearly identical bills to replace the test as they gather for a second ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law bills to strengthen private property rights and strengthen homeowners’ ability to ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed three housing reform bills into law to ease development rules and address affordability challenges ...

Prosper, would ban any state lawmaker who does not have an excused absence from the Legislature from accepting ...

The families testified that counselors were told not to move children out of cabins until they received instructions to do so, even though floodwaters were rising.

SB2 would give a state agency the ability to tell counties to build siren systems. It would also create a new fund to pay for ...

The bill comes after more than 100 people, including dozens of campers, died when floods swept through Kerr County last month ...

State Senator Paul Bettencourt is asking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to rule Harris County's pilot guaranteed income program unconstitutional. The move comes as the program, Uplift Harris ...

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, made a True claim about his move in 2015 stopping a tax hike in 2016 (April 2015 photo, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Austin American-Statesman).