Texas legislators on Thursday passed a bill that aims to clarify when doctors are allowed to perform an abortion in order to save a pregnant woman’s life, after years of outcry from medical providers and maternal health advocates.

The bill, which is poised to become law, creates up to a $250,000 fine for medical professionals who change a patients’ listed sex outside of certain exemptions.

The measure marks progress for LGBTQ Texans, but it is questionable whether the Senate will act before the legislative session ends.

Managing [email protected] With less than two weeks left in the 89th Texas Legislature’s regular session, more than half of the 220 anti-LGBTQ that were introduced this session “didn’t get out of committee,

Texas has finally done it. Following years of efforts, it’s now legal to title, register, and drive an imported Japanese Kei car in the Lone Star State. If you’ve always dreamed of owning one of these tiny vehicles, now is your chance, without having to deal with the headaches many existing owners have endured over the years.

Some of Texas' smallest businesses may get some relief thanks to a new bill making its way through the state Legislature. Texas Senate Bill 541, colloquially known as the Texas Food Freedom Act, seeks to empower cottage food producers and remove red tape in the process.

The lower chamber gave initial approval to Senate Bills 4 and 23, both by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), which would increase the homestead exemption. The current homestead exemption is $100,000 for most homeowners and $110,000 for seniors and people with disabilities.

Over 20 years after the Supreme Court found the Texas law unconstitutional, a proposed bill would repeal the ban on so-called 'homosexual conduct.'

The Texas House of Representatives has given initial approval to legislation that explicitly says doctors are permitted to perform abortions in order to save th

AUSTIN (Nexstar) – The Texas House gave preliminary approval to legislation that aims to better prepare the state for wildfires. The bill is one of several measures filed after the 2024 Panhandle wildfires, which burned more than one million acres.

Nearly a month after the Texas House passed a fentanyl test strip bill, activists stormed Sen. Pete Flores' office to demand Senate action.

Lawmakers in Texas have advanced two bills that could save the state's homeowners hundreds of dollars every year in property taxes.