From Property Taxes to Teacher Pay, Here's How the Texas House and Senate Compare...
Behind closed doors at the Texas Capitol, a panel of House and Senate budget writers is negotiating which public programs will receive state funding...
Greg Abbott Gives Peace Offering to Incumbents Following Previous Campaigning Failures
Hot on the trail of the 86th Texas Legislature’s Sine Die, Gov. Greg Abbott has made great efforts to keep the “Kumbaya” hymn going...
What do bathtub meth, beef, and Michael Bay have in common? They can all...
Sine Die! The session is over and Texas legislators have turned to Twitter to broadcast their very important, very official messages. Maybe they’re tired...
Texas Cities sue state over telecom bill
It's no secret that Texas' state government is trying to remove the revenue streams of the state's cities.
The latest effort is a possibly...
Human Trafficking in Hotels and How Legislators Help Survivors
Asked to describe Texas’ largest city, most think of Houston’s NASA Space Center, the Astros baseball team, or the city’s role as a dominant...
Texas House passes Senate bill seeking to ensure "free speech" on college campuses
Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune
The Texas House tentatively approved a bill Friday evening that would require public colleges and universities across the state...
Governor Abbott Announces Plan to Reopen Texas
With the statement that the worst of COVID-19 may soon be behind us, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott today issued a series of executive orders...
Gov. Abbott Releases Ego Boosting TV Ad
“We’re Texans. We love to work,” Doug McReaken, co-owner of Caboose BBQ in Alvin says in a new ad Gov. Greg Abbott has released....
Years After a Judge Ordered Fixes, Texas’ Child Welfare System Continues to Expose Children...
On an April morning just two months shy of his fourth birthday, A.B., a toddler, was found unresponsive on the floor of his foster...
Gov. Greg Abbott Defends Mask Mandate to “Frustrated” Delegates at Texas GOP Convention
Gov. Greg Abbott delivered a firm defense Thursday of his coronavirus response to delegates at the Texas GOP convention who even he acknowledged have...
