SB 17 went into effect Jan. 1, 2024, instigating a year of terminations, political pressure, protest, heated hearings and ...

Several new pieces of legislation will take effect across Texas on January 1 bringing in a raft of new laws across the state.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Tuesday warned of primary challenges for Republican incumbents in the state ...

Hecht is the longest-tenured Supreme Court justice in Texas history. He won six reelections and led the court as chief ...

The 89th Texas legislative session starts Jan. 14 and The Texas Newsroom – a collaboration among KUT News, “Texas Standard,” ...

Texas is facing a tumultuous 2025, as simmering feuds within the state’s ruling coalition are poised to boil over during its ...

The Texas Legislature meets once every two years in Austin for 140 days – unless the governor calls a special session, that ...

Several GOP lawmakers in Texas have filed bills that would create new regulations for renewable energy and battery storage ...

Rep. Keith Self was initially one of three who voted against House Speaker Mike Johnson’s reelection to lead the lower ...

Despite the state’s notoriously dangerous roads, the Texas legislature decided safety inspections were just too inconvenient.

Votebeat examines a bill that emerges ahead of the new legislative session and a pair of lawsuits surrounding the issue at hand.

Sen. Ted Cruz is set to take over as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, a position that will give him jurisdiction over a wide swath of the U.S. economy, ...