A new slate of Texas laws is now in effect in 2026, bringing changes to immigration enforcement, business taxes, eviction ...

More than 30 new laws will take effect in Texas on Jan. 1, spanning the gamut from artificial intelligence, immigration enforcement and social media accountability.

While supporters of the bill say it's needed to make it easier to remove squatters, critics say it will undermine tenants' ...

Texas Rep. Dustin Burrows, Speaker of the House, adjourned the chamber Sine Die on Friday Aug. 15, 2025, in Austin. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows adjourned the 2025 Legislature's first special ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Across the 140 days of the 89th Texas Legislature, lawmakers filed 11,503 Senate and House bills. By Sunday, June 22, which marked the final day for Gov. Greg Abbott to veto ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KCBD) - Texas Democrat lawmakers broke house quorum today. More than 50 Democrats in the lower chamber were not present when House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) gaveled in the ...

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A map of U.S Congressional Districts proposed plan is seen at a Texas legislators' public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin Aug. 1, 2025. I would like to thank the Texas House Democrats ...

Some of the constitutional amendments on the Nov. 4 ballot are head scratchers - and not just because voters need to think about how they want to cast their ballots. From jargon-laced proposals about ...

GOP lawmakers in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate have gone all in on enacting a new congressional districts map that was drawn to give their party a better chance at gaining five ...