Texas House Approves Bill Legalizing Low-Doses Of Marijuana
The Texas House gave final approval Tuesday to a limited medical marijuana bill that would give epilepsy patients access to trace amounts of cannabis oil.
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The Texas House gave final approval Tuesday to a limited medical marijuana bill that would give epilepsy patients access to trace amounts of cannabis oil.
Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a prohibition on cities and towns imposing local ordinances preventing fracking and other potentially environmentally harmful oil and natural gas activities.
Asailboat that was owned and raced by President John F. Kennedy from 1934 to 1940 is expected to sell for about $100,000 when it goes up for auction in Dallas.
Police escorted about a dozen protesters from the audience as Gov. Greg Abbott began his commencement address to graduates at the University of North Texas.
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry may announce his decision on whether to make another run for the White House within three weeks.
After days of refusing to say whether, in hindsight, he would have ordered the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Jeb Bush relented on Thursday and said that he would not have invaded.
From same-sex marriage, to schools, to the money that goes into your pocket -- it was a busy night on Thursday at the State Capitol in Austin.
A bill widely backed by Texas Republicans to stop gay marriage regardless of how the U.S. Supreme Court rules this summer is dead for now.
The Texas House has voted to issue A through F grades to rate public schools' academic performance — but its plan features far different criteria than a similar, Senate-approved proposal.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott says the end to a lengthy standoff over tax cuts between the House and Senate appears within reach.
An ambitious Texas House plan overhauling the troubled way that the state pays for its public schools collapsed on Thursday as a key deadline to pass bills looms.
Hundreds of closely watched proposals hang in the balance as work in the Texas House has slowed to a crawl -- even as the chamber's last chance to pass its bills looms.
The Texas House approved a proposal that would tighten restrictions on a process that enables teens to have abortions when they can't get parental consent.
The measure approved Tuesday would allow counties to permit fireworks sales for Texas Independence Day on March 2 and San Jacinto Day celebrations April.
E-cigarettes would be off-limits for Texas minors to purchase under a proposal that has cleared both chambers of the Texas Legislature.
