With plenty of patience and money, the industry is extending its multi-year campaign to bring legal casinos and sports ...

Readers are invited to a live Zoom event with senior politics reporter Jeremy Wallace on what to expect 2025 Texas ...

Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle when a bipartisan ...

Bills introduced by Republicans in the Texas Senate would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools and ...

School choice' legislation appears to have momentum in the Texas House after newly elected Speaker Dustin Burrows showed ...

The Legislature has two chambers — the 150-member House of Representatives and the 31-member Senate. Everyone in Texas is ...

Signed into law in June 2023, HB 3 increased how much districts receive for school safety each year to $10.00 per student from $9.72 per student, with an additional $15,000 for each campus in a school ...

Some of the top issues concerning Texas' metros were child care accessibility, affordable housing, AI regulations and clean energy resources.

Almost immediately after assuming his new role as chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, state Rep. Ramón ...

The Texas Coalition for Patients has a legislative priority list that includes restrictions on artificial intelligence and ...

The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000.

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