Texas Monthly12d
The Texas Legislature Is a Mess. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Look Away.
Why should you, an upright, law-abiding person, pay attention to the Texas Legislature? It is a mess in the same way Sodom ...
Relations between leaders of the Texas Senate and House are already off to a rocky start
AUSTIN – Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ...
What happened today as the 89th Texas Legislature began?
The Texas Legislature convened for its 89th regular session at noon Tuesday, kicking off 140 days of wrangling over the ...
Texas lawmakers push for historic $1 billion in school choice funding and pay raises for teachers
Texas lawmakers have proposed a historic budget plan that includes $1 billion in funding for school choice and $4,000 pay ...
KVUE12d
Here are some of the strangest Texas laws that are still on the books
throughout Texas history, what counted as important state business now seems, well, weird. Here are a few of the strangest laws approved by the Texas Legislature in days gone by: It’s illegal to ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph5d
Relations between leaders of Texas Senate, House already off to rocky start
Patrick, who presides over the Senate, is miffed because Burrows needed ... his promise of being the most conservative speaker in Texas history.” Many House Republicans share the same priorities.