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 ...

There is a new speaker of the Texas House. That was the top issue as the 89th session of the Texas Legislature began.

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

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 ...

Houston state Sen. Paul Bettencourt said Senate Bill 38 is necessary to combat an epidemic of squatting. Tenants’ rights ...

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 ...

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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Tuesday wrote a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel asking for the bureau's help in finding and arresting Texas House Democrats who fled the state Sunday to prevent a ...

Bail reform has been a yearslong priority for Gov. Greg Abbott, who has named the issue an emergency item for the last few regular legislative sessions. The Texas Legislature this year passed a ...

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 ...