Texas Republicans are moving quickly to pass their economic and social priorities through the Legislature, but the party is ...

Texas has been trying to pass school vouchers since 1995, but the bills keep failing each session. Now, Abbott gets what he ...

If the Legislature approves SB 4, Texas voters would have to approve the amendment to the state Constitution to make the tax ...

Increasing the homestead exemption would cost the state roughly $3 billion over two years and add to a growing tab of ...

Some experts are skeptical the grid would see as much demand growth as ERCOT predicts, and other ERCOT models showed things ...

State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has been reappointed by Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows to serve as ...

Priority legislation to address the state's affordability crisis passed the Texas Senate and is now headed for the state ...

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For the past several years, Republican state lawmakers have pushed to rein in rising property tax bills. That push culminated ...

Beneficiaries of film production dollars are not limited to Central Texas. Parts of Sheridan’s “Landman” were filmed in Midland and Odessa. And coastal cities, such as Baytown have been named “Film ...

Republicans chair all committees, as promised, while Democrats will lead half of the newly created subcommittees.

The Texas Legislature was back in session Tuesday, taking up one of the emergency items Governor Greg Abbott identified in ...