The tentative approval of a slate of bills Monday that would make it harder for violent criminals to bail out of jail is ...

A sudden gust of wind hoisted a bounce house during a school play day event at Lawrence Elementary School in Mesquite on ...

Early Friday morning, Texas House members marked the final time for preliminary approval of bills from the lower legislative ...

The 89-43 vote comes less than two months after an Austin federal judge declared extreme heat in Texas prisons “plainly ...

Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. If the Legislature or the federal government allocates ...

The last House bill to squeak by was authored by Democrat Erin Gamez, creating a grant program for economic development and ...

Texas lawmakers voted Thursday to repeal the state’s longstanding ban on gay sex, sending legislation to do so to the state ...

Proposed Texas legislation, Bill 186, would ban minors from social media, enforce parental consent, and address the risks ...

The bipartisan version of the bill advancing in the House does not go as far as the Texas Republican has pushed in recent ...

Bail reform is one of Gov. Greg Abbott's seven emergency items for this session. The House passed the bail reform bills with bipartisan support.

Tiffany Slaton is speaking out after a dangerous fall caused her to spend three weeks in the brutal wilderness. She was later ...

The House advanced two measures that would ask voters to amend the state Constitution to tighten the state’s bail laws, setting up a major policy win for Gov. Greg Abbott.