Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker. Each has ...

The Legislature has two chambers — the 150-member House of Representatives and the 31-member Senate. Everyone in Texas is ...

There are dozens of committees in the Texas Legislature that specialize in different subjects. However, they can be broken up ...

Legislators are expected to take up a $360 million proposal that would change the landscape of financial aid in the state.

A new poll shows Texans have complex views on abortion, with a majority supporting some access and exceptions. Voters seem to ...

Senate Bill 2 now heads to the House, where top officials say they have the support to create education savings accounts.

The closest Texas has gotten to legalize sports gambling was in 2023, when a bill by State Rep. Jeff Leach cleared the House ...

A new University of Houston poll reveals strong support among Texans for various gun control measures, including background ...

Texans gained access to consumable hemp products in 2019 when the Legislature legalized their production and sale following a federal deregulation in 2018.

The veteran president of the Texas Senate and the new speaker of the House did not start out on the same page.

After seven hours of debate over Senate Bill 2 on the Senate floor Wednesday, the chamber suspended rules so lawmakers could ...

About three weeks into the 89th legislative session, Texas senators sent their first bill to the House. Senate Bill 2 proposes spending $1 billion annually for education savings accounts, which famili ...