Service industry workers may soon take home more in cash tips after the "No Tax on Tips" Act passed the Senate last week.

With this year’s session drawing rapidly to a close, the Ellis County Republican Party has sounded the alarm over the removal ...

We’re now getting a clearer look at the financial impact of the $8.5 billion school funding package passed by the Texas Senate.

If approved by Gov. Abbott, the bill would replace the annual test with shorter exams administered throughout the school year ...

Texas House and Senate passed passed a bill that aims to curb unnecessary permitting delays and fast-track residential solar panel and energy storage installations. Unless vetoed by Gov. Abbott, the ...

The Texas Senate passed a bill that aims to kneecap clean energy with an industry-killing review process. Here's what happened in the House.

Many trans Texans have changed the sex listed on their birth certificate, driver’s licenses and other documents. They say ...

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The Texas House gave a thumbs Wednesday to a bill allowing smaller homes on smaller lots in Texas’ biggest cities..

The scandal surrounding the Texas Lottery is prompting big changes in the Legislature. The Texas House passed a bill Monday ...

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Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading incumbent Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn by 9 points in the ...