The approval in the Texas House on Wednesday puts the GOP-backed proposal on the brink of reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy told former White House adviser Steve Bannon on Thursday why he voted to pass President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” after previously voting against it. Members voted 215-214-1,

The crackdown will come with some strict penalties for those caught with THC-laden consumables. The bill would carry a penalty of up to one year in jail for an adult who possesses hemp products with any amount of THC. The Texas Tribune noted that this is a stricter penalty than the one imposed for getting caught with 2 ounces of marijuana.

Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., putting the GOP-backed proposal on the brink of reaching Republican Gov.

As the eighty-ninth legislative session approaches its conclusion, Republican leaders are on track to approve just about every priority of theirs heading into t

Under state law, school districts are required to pay certain percentages of total staff compensation toward pensions, health insurance and other benefits. Applying those percentages to the $4.2 billion for school employee raises in the agreement, works out to between $543.9 million to $606.9 million in new costs for school districts.

A House vote showed broad support for the measure that would let districts set aside time for prayer or religious study.

The House on Wednesday approved the ban, after previously considering proposals to preserve the industry by tightening regulations.

Tensions are growing between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate after the results of a new voter survey for the race became public. The new poll shows Cornyn trailing Paxton by 16 percentage points,

Texas homeowners are one step closer to a bigger tax break after the state House gave unanimous preliminary approval to a set of legislative proposals Tuesday.

Texas and 12 other states claim the companies used their substantial holdings in US coal companies to discourage competition.

What was supposed to be a late-night procedural step toward delivering Trump a vital legislative win instead exposed deep and widening fractures within the House GOP conference.