Former City Council Member Thomas Schoenbein will become the new mayor of Pasadena after winning a runoff election with 57 percent of the vote over city communications director Rex Lindberg. While ...

Attorneys general representing 15 states plus the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in a Maryland-based federal district court to block the federal government from returning seized Forced Reset ...

Thirty-three potential noncitizens who voted in the November 2024 general election will be reported to the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), after Secretary of State (SOS) Jane Nelson gained ...

A bill awaiting signature from Gov. Greg Abbott would reconfigure how institutions of higher education in Texas are governed. Senate Bill (SB) 37 by state Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) will ...

The 2025 Legislature will land the plane on a historic water session, allotting $2.5 billion in not-itemized infrastructure spending with a 50-50 split between new supply and fixing existing ...

The story has been updated with House Journal statements from Representatives on their votes. Legislation allotting $300 million in tax incentives per biennium for the film industry in Texas is one ...

Legislation establishing Daylight Saving Time (DST) year-round in Texas, given federal authorization — ending the biannual clock changes — is on its way to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after passing the ...

The Texas House gave bipartisan approval to legislation already approved in the Senate that will increase pay for judges for the first time in a decade, while adding new transparency, efficiency, and ...

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced the conviction of several men in connection with the straw purchase of semi-automatic rifles at a South Texas ...

One of the most powerful provisions in Texas law for holding local public officials accountable will be revised, after legislation by state Rep. Pat Curry (R-Waco) garnered a supermajority of support ...

The Texas Senate succeeded in pushing a majority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities through both chambers during the regular legislative session. Patrick released a list of 40 pieces of ...

A mid-size county north of Dallas became a battlefield within the Texas Legislature between the typically mundane industries of cement and semiconductors. Last year, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick visited ...