Texas Politics FOX 7 AustinMarijuana reform is back on the minds of Texas lawmakers Smoking marijuana is illegal in Texas, but could that change? AUSTIN, Texas - Smoking Marijuana is illegal in Texas, but could that change? Nine new bills were introduced Monday ahead of the January 2021 legis...
Senator Gutierrez released a statement after the Allen shooting, saying in part, "Texas lawmakers need to have the political courage to get something done about gun violence. It is sad that this has become our everyday reality. Thanks to the Republican regime that has led Texas for the last ...
(Reuters) - The Texas state Senate passed six laws intended to restrict abortion on Tuesday, including one that, if approved by lawmakers in the lower chamber and signed by the governor, would prohibit the procedure once a fetal heartbeat was detected. The half-dozen bills mark the la...
2025 anti-trans bills tracker. Explore data on U.S. anti-trans bills including passed bills and themes including sports, bathrooms, healthcare, pronouns, drag shows, and education.
Texas Knife Bill Moves Forward While all of this was happening, a bill in Texas that would remove location-based restrictions on knives in the statemoved forwardafter it was passed out of the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee. This bill — along with its companion House bill — are stil...
"I support full comprehensive immigration reform," said Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar, whose district encompasses part of the U.S.-Mexico border. "But I know the reality is, to get 60 votes in the Senate is going to be very, very hard." ...
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In sum, the sky-high electric bills in Texas are partly due to a deregulated electricity system that allowed volatile wholesale costs to be passed directly to some consumers. If prices in the Texas retail market had remained regulated, utilities and their regulators would likely have figured out...
Texas Rep. Mary González (D) has prefiled a package of bills for next year’s session targeting minors’ access to artificial intelligence-generated sexually explicit images and videos. The state has already passed legislation dealing with nonconsensual pornographic deepfakes, but the...
Longtime Democratic Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee fended off a viable primary challenge from Amanda Edwards, a former member of the Houston City Council. Jackson Lee made a last-second decision to run for reelection after a tough loss in last year’s Houston mayoral race. Madison Fernandez...