Texas News
Featured
After three sessions, Texas lawmakers passed a bill last month that defines consent and fixes what advocates called a loophole in Texas sexual assault laws.
Texas remains younger than other states, but the number of older Texans has outpaced that of any other age group.
Texas’s Fifteenth Court of Appeals ruled that San Antonio must stop the implementation of their program as the case continues to move through the judicial system.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday signed Senate Bill 3070, which will also criminalize the online sale of lottery tickets through couriers.
Under Texas law, governmental entities are forbidden from contracting with companies that discriminate against the firearm and ammunition industries.
State chapters of the nonprofit group that provide meals to seniors are waiting to hear from Washington how much of a hit their battered budgets will take.
Texas lawmakers passed a suite of bills that officials said are crucial to combat losses in the state’s largest oil field.
General Mills, Inc. has agreed to remove artificial dyes from its products following an investigation by Attorney General Paxton into the company for deceptively marketing its cereals that contain petroleum-based food colorings.
In September 2024, Attorney General Paxton sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Texas lawmakers approved a sweeping package to overhaul the state’s bail system, a longtime priority of Gov. Greg Abbott’s.
Demonstrations for immigration enforcement in McAllen, Midland, Odessa, Austin and elsewhere in Texas were largely peaceful, as some protests went well into the night.
Texas DPS says it has arrested one person hours after two Democratic Minnesota legislators and their spouses were shot early Saturday morning.
Photographers in eight Texas cities covered Saturday’s “No Kings” protests. Here is some of their work.
Under House Bill 718, passed by the 88th Legislature in 2023, starting July 1, 2025, motor vehicle dealers will begin issuing metal license plates directly to buyers of new and used vehicles.
Lawmakers have approved funding clinical trials for ibogaine as a treatment for addiction and brain trauma. It comes as Texas contemplates banning THC.
In the lawsuit, Mexico claimed that Smith & Wesson and Interstate Arms were in some way responsible for the criminal use of their product by the Mexican cartels.
The 33 potential voting violations are a tiny fraction of the roughly 11 million who cast ballots in the November 2024 election.
The protests in Texas followed days of unrest in Los Angeles.
Local organizations strongly opposed the measure, hosting phone banking events to urge lawmakers to vote against the bill.
The Texas Senate approved a bill strictly defining man and woman based on reproductive organs on a 20-11 party line vote.