Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus at a press conference at IBEW Local 701 in Warrenville, Ill., on Aug. 4, 2025. Credit: Jamie Kelter Davis for The Texas Tribune Texas Republican lawmakers ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Across the 140 days of the 89th Texas Legislature, lawmakers filed 11,503 Senate and House bills. By Sunday, June 22, which marked the final day for Gov. Greg Abbott to veto ...

A measure that would allow nearly any private citizen to sue out-of-state prescribers and others who send abortion pills into Texas has won first-round approval in the state House. It would be the ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows adjourned the 2025 Legislature's first special session sine die Friday morning, telling lawmakers "not to go very far." That move set in motion a series of events ...

A map of U.S Congressional Districts proposed plan is seen at a Texas legislators' public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin, Texas, Aug. 1, 2025. Texas Republicans will again try to ...

A whirlwind special session ended after midnight Wednesday, as several high-profile bills made it across the finish line and other key legislation failed. One of the big issues during the second ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers get a two-hour break Friday before they're expected back in their chambers. After the first special session adjourned sine die at 10 a.m. Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott ...