He drafted the original bill, successfully guiding it through the Texas legislature in 2011 ... the number of beekeeping operations increased from 1,851 in 2012 to 8,939 in 2022, largely due to the ...

In not showing up to the session, today’s lawmakers are following in the footsteps of a Minnesota territorial legislator ...

The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — ...

Opponents of the bail reform package say the proposed changes are based on false pretenses and could unjustly keep innocent people in jail.

Lawmakers approved a number of amendments to Senate Bill 2. "The Texas Senate's passage of SB 2 is the biggest launch of any universal school choice program in American history, with $1 billion in ...

The vote on Senate Bill 2 also comes less than a week since the Texas Senate Education Committee quickly moved the bill forward. SB 2 now heads to the Texas House for consideration. Texas ...

The Senate passed different versions of the bill several times last session, but it died in the House each time.

Texas Senator Joan Huffman, who represents parts of the Houston region, said the bills will be known as "Jocelyn's law" and ...

Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a Republican-backed bill that sailed through the Senate late Wednesday. Under Senate Bill 2 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — After hours of debate on Wednesday, state senators passed the first bill of the session, Senate Bill 2. SB 2 would create Education Savings Accounts (ESA), that would allow Texas ...

Texas lawmakers are discussing five proposed bail reforms, including one to prevent undocumented defendants from posting bail ...