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North Texans head to the polls on Saturday to vote in municipal elections. City council seats are up for grabs this year in Dallas. Voters in Arlington, Fort Worth, Keller and Plano will be picking their next mayor.
The Senate has delivered to President Donald Trump the first significant legislation of his presidency, a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would keep the government running through September
The Texas House has given preliminary approval to a bill limiting liability for insurance companies sued by policyholders following storm damage to property.
The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would eliminate the state's mandatory safety inspections for most vehicles.
"This may very well be my Alamo," said Mayor Mike Rawlings, who opposes the legislation.
Governor Greg Abbott weighed in after the Texas House of Representatives passed a resolution (SJR 2) calling for a Convention of States.
Top Texas Democrats decried Gov. Greg Abbott's muted response to the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer outside a Balch Springs house party, which follows his far more spirited response to stabbings at the University of Texas and the shooting of a paramedic.
The Republican-sponsored American Health Care Act (AHCA) passed the U.S. House 217-213 Thursday, with one vote to spare, although it will face an uncertain path in the Senate.
The Texas House has approved scrapping the state's U.S. history exam required to graduate high school and replacing it with a civics test similar to the naturalization exam.
What to know about a Texas bill targeting so-called 'sanctuary cities' that is heading to the desk of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has pledged to sign the measure that immigrant-rights activists say will lead to profiling and discrimination.
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order targeting a rarely enforced IRS rule that says religious organizations and other non-profits that endorse political candidates risk losing their tax-exempt status.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has pledged to sign the bill into law, which could now come quickly.
Lawmakers said minor changes could still be made Thursday before the final reading.
House passes $1.1T government funding measure; first major bipartisan bill of Trump administration.
FBI Director James Comey is strongly defending his decision to alert Congress that agents were revisiting the Hillary Clinton email investigation less than two weeks before the November election.
