Gov. Greg Abbott is moving Texas closer to legalizing recreational marijuana, but his proposal for regulating its active ...

The North Texas district opened up last week when Republican Kelly Hancock resigned from the upper chamber to take over as ...

With Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's signature of SB 17, Texas becomes the latest state to ban land and property acquisitions ...

Terry Virts, an early entrant in the Democratic field targeting Senator John Cornyn’s seat, appeared eager to take on his own ...

Terry Virts, a retired Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut, announced this morning that he is running for Senate as a ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller today celebrated that Texas officially became the seventh state in the nation to ...

The Railroad Commission’s program for sealing orphan oil and gas wells will get an additional $100 million over the next two ...

Texas voters gave the state Legislature poor marks for its overall performance during the recently concluded session while ...

The new law, which takes effect Sept. 1, protects property owners and event operators from civil liability for injuries ...

Texas Representative, Trent Ashby, advocated heavily for farmers, ranchers, and rural Texas land in this year's legislative session.

A new poll from the Texas Politics Project finds that only about a quarter of Texans think state lawmakers are doing a good ...

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