Lawmakers are pushing ideas more aligned with the party’s business-friendly approach and the Trump administration’s push to ...

Feeding Texas called the plan to save $230 million by cutting SNAP benefits the largest rollback of food assistance in our ...

Before expected June 2 end of the Texas legislative session, a Republican group friendly to clean energy issued results of a ...

It is unclear whether the House bill could come back as an amendment to another measure before the legislative session ends ...

The tax portion of Republicans’ wide-ranging bill full of President Trump’s domestic priorities would cost $3.7 trillion over ...

Senate Leadership Fund's poll shows that Sen. John Cornyn was at 40% to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's 56% ...

Conservative lawmakers say DEI efforts are discriminatory and push liberal ideologies on children. Critics point to research ...

Cornyn requested the federal probe of the development last month, citing concerns it could discriminate against Christians ...

Texas lawmakers heard from the public on an idea labeled the “Parents Bill of Rights.” Included in that proposal is an expanded ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

GOP spending hawks lobbed shots at the package for failing to do enough to rein in rising federal deficits. And Republicans ...

Dallas Koreatown and Richardson Chinatown could get highway exit signs under a bill authored by Democratic state Rep. Rafael ...

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