Changes to Texas Lottery coming under bill making its way through Legislature
The legislation will likely head to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk after the House and Senate discuss it further.
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The legislation will likely head to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk after the House and Senate discuss it further.
The $8.5 billion public school funding bill may be debated in the Texas House on Wednesday after passing the Texas Senate last week.
In a 95-44 vote, Senate Bill 3 passed in the House, banning all THC products including edibles and drinks with THC.
Parents would be able to challenge books in the school libraries under the legislation.
The Texas Senate is expected to approve the bill. It will then head to the House.
Republicans say this new funding is four times the usual increase in school spending.
The measure could be voted on in the House on Friday.
The bill would outlaw the sale, possession, and manufacture of any consumable product containing THC.
The bill is aimed at better defining for doctors when it is ok for them to perform an abortion.
A North Texas man who has made a fortune off of honey is turning to politics to save the creatures that made him rich.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the products are dangerous, especially to kids who get access to them.
The new state law came too late in the case of the man who supplied Sebastian Moreno with the fentanyl disguised as a painkiller.
Tarrant County Commissioners are moving forward with plans to redraw precinct boundaries, a process typically reserved for after the release of new census data.
A controversial bill is advancing through the Texas Capitol that if approved, will change how Dallas Area Rapid Transit, DART, is funded.
Lots of eyes will be on the state's power grid this week when temperatures are expected to reach record highs.
Texas homeowners and businesses will save a total of $10 billion in new savings on their property tax bills starting this year under a new deal struck by top Texas leaders.
Questions are swirling at the Texas Capitol over the future of the Texas Lottery and the Lottery Commission.
Gov. Abbott is pushing another one of his "emergency items": a constitutional amendment on bail reform.
A Euless woman is advocating for a bill in the Texas Legislature after her husband's death.
Those over 65 and the disabled would receive an additional $60,000 this year, up from $10,000.
Texas lawmakers passed the legislation on April 24 with a vote of 19-12.
Evans said voters like the direction of the city and pushed back against partisan politics being a part of the campaign.
It's been five years since state lawmakers increased the per-student funding for public schools.
Texas lawmakers advanced a bill to change the language in the state's abortion laws in an effort to clarify when doctors are allowed to perform an abortion during a medical emergency.
The CBS News Texas I-Team has uncovered a pattern of complaints within the industry, and now the problem has caught the attention of Texas state lawmakers.
