Speaker Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) has said he expects this session to be, more than anything else, an education session, and last week the Texas House dropped a payload of bills to that effect. The ...

One of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top legislative priorities, the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT), has been filed in the Texas Senate. Patrick first proposed DPRIT in November 2024 ...

On the heels of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being confirmed as the new U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Texas has followed the “Make America Healthy Again” path with its own legislation to ...

In a bipartisan vote, Texas senators have overwhelmingly approved placing an amendment to the state constitution on the ballot in hopes that despite previous failures, this year’s House members will ...

The Texas Senate’s priority taxpayer-funded lobbying ban was filed on Thursday, starting the clock on the latest attempt by some Republicans to establish such a prohibition. State Sen. Mayes Middleton ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick continues to beat the drum of products containing consumable tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Texas, and now a bill has been filed that significantly tightens the state’s hemp ...

Two members of the Tri-County Electric Cooperative board of directors were removed at the meeting on February 20 for violations of the cooperative’s bylaws. Steve Harris, who was elected to represent ...

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Three bail reform measures filed by Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) and prioritized by both Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick sailed through the Texas Senate with bipartisan support Wednesday, ...

As I write this on Wednesday, Austin’s weather feels a little too much like our friends’ in the swamp — temperatures in the 20s coupled with blistering winds, snow, ice, the works. I counted a total ...

Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown) is keen on establishing a first-of-its-kind financial reserve for the State of Texas focused on Bitcoin. Senate Bill (SB) 21, one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s ...