The measure was briefly delayed by Democrats’ efforts to block the voucher program, but eventually passed with bipartisan ...

A bill in the Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds in Texas. But for years, previous attempts have been ...

Local prosecutors have used the charge to punish police accused of misconduct. Legislation that would prevent that is ...

The Texas Tribune's journalists won five top honors in the annual awards conferred by Texas Managing Editors, which ...

Democrats and other critics say Texas legislation threatens to keep citizens who can’t easily access the right documents from ...

City leaders, who will be elected in May, will have just a short window to decide what services to provide, like police or ...

The first bill to reach Abbott’s desk this session creates a regulation-cutting state agency under the purview of the ...

The Texas Senate voted on Thursday to send legislation creating a statewide private school voucher program to Gov. Greg ...

Policy experts say undocumented immigrants' cost to hospitals is a small fraction of the total cost from uninsured Texans.

The lower chamber overwhelmingly voted in favor of House Bill 2, a sweeping $8 billion piece of legislation that would also ...

What immigrants and citizens should know about federal agents’ power to question and search people at airports and the border ...

School leaders have privately criticized a bill that would make it harder to contest their performance ratings in court. But ...