Texas Legislature

The House and Senate still need to close a large gap between their competing bills over the next few days before the session ends, but advocates and…

“[The] thing that you really see in this is the continuing divisions and just how differently different parties see the…

Conditions for which CBD oil will now be available via the state’s Compassionate Use Program include any form of epilepsy and muscle spasticity as well as…

So far, lawmakers have mostly avoided culture-war issues, as they work to lower property taxes and fund education.

"The topic of gun violence can be so divisive that people don’t want to have these conversations.”

“Property taxes are the most vilified thing that our state government does.”

“I think that both chambers are pretty committed to passing a school finance plan.”

“If you spend more money on pre-K, that can do more to catch kids up than any other intervention later in life, according to research.”

The money, which would also would go toward flood-prevention projects. would come from the state’s $11 billion rainy day fund.

The plan is an alternative to the current recapture or “Robin Hood” system that has become a thorny issue for so many Texans.