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Most lawmakers — as well as Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — want to invest big in water. Here are the proposals ...

Texas is once again looking at legalizing sports gambling during this year's legislative session, and supporters are being ...

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AUSTIN (Nexstar) — As of 6 p.m. Thursday, 834 bills were filed in the Texas legislature, one day before Friday’s deadline to file. In Texas, lawmakers only have the first 60 days of each ...

A bill proposed in the Texas legislature could charge transgender Texans with a state felony if they commit what proponents call “gender identity fraud.” Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson ...

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Hughes' proposed legislation follows similar efforts by Kentucky lawmakers who added medical exceptions to their state's near-total abortion ban on Thursday. Texas law currently prohibits ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – For the last year ... one for rural areas and one for urban areas. The legislation also changed the description of that position. As a result, Nakeenya Wilson, the former ...