Texas House Committee To Consider Immigration Bills
A House panel is debating several hot-button bills that could give police more power to enforce immigration laws.
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A House panel is debating several hot-button bills that could give police more power to enforce immigration laws.
A review finds Texas could face a shortage of as many as 12,000 inmate beds within two years.
A controversial piece of new legislation could cost drivers their ride if they are caught without a license.
Actress Eva Longoria lobbied lawmakers and spoke at a rally on behalf of the mentally disabled on Tuesday. She said if the Legislature passed proposed cuts in services it would bring "shame on Texas.''
Tuesday's Austin hearing on the Voter ID bill got a little out of hand.
The chairman of the Texas House budget committee filed a bill late Monday proposing to spend $4.3 billion from the state's Rainy Day Fund to make up for the current budget deficit, a move many conservatives oppose.
When President George W. Bush left office in 2009, taking his Texas twang and sagging poll numbers with him, skeptics said he took something else: the state's political clout. Turns out, that was a bit premature.
The Texas Legislature is considering bills that would let people with handgun licenses to carry weapons onto college campuses.
First, Tom Leppert made the January announcement he would not seek re-election. Two days ago he officially turned in his resignation. Friday, , Leppert announced that he would run for U.S. Senate. Friday, on his last day with the city, Leppert announced that he would file paperwork to run for U.S. Senate
A state representative from Houston has filed a bill that would make it a felony to knowingly hire an illegal immigrant.
Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway says he won't officially endorse any of the candidates running for Mayor of Dallas, but he says he supports fellow council member Ron Natinsky.
Groups supporting a statewide smoking ban say there would be a big economic boost if that bill were to pass.
Dallas Love Field is getting more than $3 million for a snow and ice removal system.
A three-story high billboard put up in the SoHo neighborhood of New York Tuesday is causing quite a stir.
The latest news from the state capitol in Austin.
