Lubbock Area United Way said Wednesday that Speaker Dustin Burrows is championing a bill that would enhance the Texas 211 Information and Referral Network’s (TIRN) ...

There is no shortage of opinions about the time change. As in past years, new legislation has been filed at the Texas Legislature that could end this requirement.

For the first time, Abbott and a Texas House speaker are aligned, at least publicly, on his vision to send public dollars to ...

Turner, who spent nearly three decades in the Texas House and died last week, was remembered as a passionate Democrat ...

The House Public Education Committee is the first stop for a bill that Gov. Greg Abbott has made his top legislative priority ...

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As a committee of the Texas Legislature prepares to discuss a bill framed as a solution to squatting, housing advocates and ...

Policy experts say housing affordability in Texas is nearing a crisis. According to the Texas Comptroller, 320,000 housing ...

Turner, who most recently served as a United States Congressman, died last week at age 70 from enduring health complications.

Governor Greg Abbott has named the issue an emergency item and listed it atop his legislative priorities. In Tuesday's House Education Committee hearing, the passion for and against the measure was ...