Sen. Bettencourt (R-Houston) filed Senate Bill 2029 and Senate Joint Resolution 67 which, if passed, would put the time ...

This Week in Texas. ABC13 talks to Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows and breaks down the session's key issues with state senators.

Bill 985 would revise a 2023 law that raised the minimum number of voting locations. County election officials say they’ve ...

If lawmakers pass the proposed items, voters would decide whether or not to end clock changes during the November election.

The goal of the new legislation is to help drive down the cost of housing so that more Texans can afford homes.

When you play a game in the Texas Lottery do you realize you could be participating in a money laundering scheme?

Texas lawmakers heard arguments on revising a law that made it difficult for counties that offer countywide voting to ...

Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, sent a letter this week to public university leaders telling them university funds would not be ...

The Texas House and Senate have introduced proposals to enact new property tax cuts, setting up a duel over how to best distribute $3.5 billion of the state’s surplus to homeowners and businesses. A ...

The senators' letter to Texas boards of regents comes after requests to restore $400 million in universities funds that are ...

This legislative session, Texas lawmakers are hoping to lower property taxes and increase funding for the state’s public ...

Despite a state legislative ban, Texas public universities are still implementing so-called diversity, equity and inclusion ...