A Texas House bill to close a loophole in the state’s sexual assault laws got a hearing in the Senate Criminal Justice committee on Thursday, after its supporters made a push Tuesday for its ...

While supporters of the bill say it's needed to make it easier to remove squatters, some in opposition say it undermines due ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A senate bill aimed to increase criminal penalties for assault and harassment against utility employees cleared the House of Representatives this week. Senate Bill 482 was ...

Six years after legalizing hemp and its by-products, the state is revising its drug policies and criminalizing products sold by thousands of Texas businesses.

Lawmakers passed a bill aimed at squatters and nixed more sweeping reforms that tenant advocates have warned would endanger ...

A bill that would lower the population threshold for Texas counties to create medical examiner offices – expanding the number of those death investigation offices as the state grows – passed out of ...

The Texas House of Representatives voted to preliminarily approve a bill that will fully ban any consumable hemp products ...

The Texas House of Representatives approved a bill that will fully ban any consumable hemp products that contain THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that gives its consumer a high. It is one ...

The Texas Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to eliminate the Texas Lottery Commission, which seeks to shift ...

The Texas Senate gave final approval on Friday to a sweeping bill that injects some $8.5 billion in public school funding ...

SB 1188 would require health care agencies to create a new field in medical records for the sex assigned at birth of patients ...

Governor Abbott thanked the U.S. House for passing a bill allocating $12 billion for Texas border security expenses incurred ...