Proposed Texas legislation, Bill 186, would ban minors from social media, enforce parental consent, and address the risks ...

The Legislature thinks anyone providing abortion pills to Texas women needs to be disciplined. But the Legislature is ...

Texas lawmakers are advancing a school funding bill that raises teacher pay. Here's how much teacher pay could change in your ...

States, agencies and local governments may apply for grants including for costs they incurred after Jan. 20, 2021, according ...

On Wednesday, a key vote is scheduled on a bill that aims to clarify medical exceptions under one of the nation's most restrictive bans.

Nearly a month after the Texas House passed a fentanyl test strip bill, activists stormed Sen. Pete Flores' office to demand ...

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would eliminate federal taxes on tips, advancing a key campaign promise of President ...

Texas lawmakers voted 105-23 to advance Senate Bill 21, a crypto reserve measure that could influence the state’s approach to ...

It’s a gross Wednesday in D.C. Someone pointed out that every day for the next nine days will be the same backwards — today ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three years ago, Dr. Austin Dennard left Texas for an abortion after her fetus was diagnosed with a ...

Senate Bill 840, which was preliminarily approved by the state House, would allow residential construction in areas ...

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