The bill faced fierce opposition from hardline conservatives who say it is policing speech and could allow the state to jail ...

Creating memes and other online speech at least for political office holders and candidates might soon become punishable by ...

The bill's author, State Rep. Jared Patterson, called social media "the most dangerous legal thing minors can access." ...

State Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has announced House Bill 2730 has passed the Texas House of Representatives.

One of the biggest states for solar passed a bill through its House of Representatives to require the recycling of retired ...

Democrats had vowed to prevent the passage of any proposed constitutional amendments to try and force Republicans to amend ...

The House committee version of SB 3 would restrict most sales of consumable hemp products with THC, compared to the Senate ...

House Bill 366, filed by former House Speaker Dade Phelan, would make it a crime to use AI in political ads without a disclaimer.

The Texas Legislature is making progress in its efforts to ban all THC in the Lone Star State, and a House committee's latest ...

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A bill pending in the Texas House of Representatives aims to address some common frustrations with the ticketing process by ...