TEXAS SENATE

Coronavirus

Texas Senate Unites to Clear up Confusion about Medical Operations

Staff - April 17, 2020

Coronavirus

Texas Senate Unites to Clear up Confusion about Medical Operations

Staff - April 17, 2020

Citing confusion created by his executive order halting all non-emergency procedures, every member of the Texas Senate has signed a letter to...

Coronavirus

Senate to Vote on Historic $2 Trillion Virus Spending Bill

Staff - March 25, 2020

Congress and the White House agreed on a $2 trillion coronavirus rescue bill early Wednesday. The Senate is expected...

Elections

State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez becomes first to enter race for Senate District 14

Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune - March 7, 2020

State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez takes part in a Mexican American Legislative Caucus and House Elections Committee press conference on Jan....

Public Safety

Latest Texas Senate mass violence prevention committee meeting explores relationship of video games to violence

Staff - December 9, 2019

When a gunman opened fire in an El Paso Wal-Mart in August of this year, 22 people were killed and 26 were...

Healthcare

Texas Senate Committee Looks at Vaping

Staff - December 4, 2019

Illustration by Carlos Rafael Alvarez Contreras Texas lawmakers are fuming over vaping. They're frustrated by teenagers buying e-cigarettes....

Public Safety

Senate Mass Violence Committee Will Investigate Masks and Video Games

Staff - September 25, 2019

After weeks of principled inaction, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Senate Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety will hold its...

Marijuana

Texas Expansion of Medical Cannabis Nears Finish Line After Senate Approval

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune - May 24, 2019

Marijuana advocates were handed an unlikely victory Wednesday after the Texas Senate advanced a bill greatly expanding the list of debilitating medical...

Texas Legislature

From Property Taxes to Teacher Pay, Here's How the Texas House and Senate Compare on Spending Priorities

Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune - May 2, 2019

Behind closed doors at the Texas Capitol, a panel of House and Senate budget writers is negotiating which public programs will receive state funding...

Education