Sylvester Turner served as Houston mayor and in Congress after serving 27 years in the Texas House. He died March 4.

Gambling critics hope the net loss of more than a dozen votes for sports betting — and 10 votes for casinos — will be enough ...

Should the New York strip steak be renamed the "Texas Strip" and take on the "official State Steak of Texas" honor? Or what ...

A Texas House committee's public hearing on a controversial school voucher bill continued into the early morning hours ...

Members of the House Committee on Public Education clashed over the details of a school voucher bill — a topic that for the ...

If passed, the legislation would create a program where parents could use state tax dollars toward sending their kids to ...

The proposal is part of a push by Republican legislators aimed at helping property owners deal with squatters.

House and Senate lawmakers plan to spend at least $6 billion on property tax cuts, but haven't yet agreed on how much relief ...

State Rep. Ellen Troxclair cited mental health issues related to social media as her motivation for filing the bill.

The Texas House Committee on Public Education adjourned at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday after hearing over 300 testimonies on House ...