Straus is the wife of former House Speaker Joe Straus, who retired from office in 2019 after seven terms – five of them as ...

A state constitutional amendment regarding future water supply for the State of Texas is on the Nov. 4 ballot. If approved it would begin in 2027 and dedicate up to $1 billion of sales and use tax ...

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This November, Texas voters will decide on 17 propositions, from property taxes to bail and more. Before you hit the polls, ...

Lawmakers say the committee will examine the state's preparation and response, along with the circumstances surrounding the ...

The bipartisan panels will be tasked with identifying strategies to improve the state’s disaster preparedness and examining actions taken at summer camps in the flood zone.

Texas and Alabama have executed death row inmates within minutes of each other, one for killing a 13-month-old baby during an "exorcism" and the other for shooting a mother of two in the head during a ...

Texas State University removed a course on LGBTQ+ studies after Rep. Brian Harrison's social media post took a critique ...

State leaders create committees to "get to the bottom of exactly what occurred" during the deadly July 4 flooding in Central ...

Texas lawmakers have formed a 10-person joint legislative committee to investigate the devastating July 4 Hill Country floods ...

Top Republicans in the Texas Legislature have announced the creation of committees tasked with “getting to the bottom of” the July flooding that killed more than 130 people, including 25 young girls ...