It only took the Texas Senate 22 days from the start of this year’s legislative session to introduce, debate and pass its ...

Despite the strong public support for legalizing cannabis, Texas lawmakers have been slow to act on these issues. The state’s ...

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

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has vowed to pass a “school choice” law this session in response to public statements from President Donald Trump.

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

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SpaceX, Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines and Starlab Space each got at least $7M from the state's Space Commission.

Gov. Greg Abbott declared bail reform as one of his emergency items for the 89th legislative session. During his state of the ...

The Texas A&M System announced last week that it is offering land on the RELLIS campus outside of Bryan to four companies to ...

A Texas Senate bill to raise the homestead exemption and provide relief to the state's property taxpayers quickly passed out ...

A bill aimed at lowering property taxes unanimously passed in the Texas Senate on Tuesday with bipartisan support, according ...