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Proposal to increase penalties for human smuggling stalls in Texas Senate
A committee on Tuesday declined to advance a House bill that would increase penalties for smuggling…
Proposal to increase penalties for human smuggling stalls in Texas Senate
A committee on Tuesday declined to advance a House bill that would increase penalties for smuggling…
SB 5 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation…
Rand Paul Is Coming out With a Book About the Fauci Coverup and It Will Be Marvelous
Sen. Rand Paul is certainly a busy guy and it seems he will be busy throughout…
Texas might use eminent domain to prevent developer taking over state park
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The state of Texas may try to use eminent domain to prevent a…
Ken Paxton impeachment moves to Texas Senate, where conflicts of inte…
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Ken Paxton impeachment moves to Texas Senate, where conflicts of interest, political intrigue await
Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune The Texas Senate during the last day of the 88th…
Texas Republicans target how elections are run in Democratic-leaning Houston area
HOUSTON — Harris County in Texas is a big and diverse county that has trended Democratic…
Business Leaders Praise Governor Abbott’s Property Tax Cut Plan
Leading statewide business associations today shared their overwhelming support for Governor Greg Abbott's property tax cut…
Texas Senate to hold Paxton impeachment trial no later than Aug. 28
AUSTIN (KXAN/Nexstar) — The Texas Senate will hold the impeachment trial against Attorney General Ken Paxton…
GOP-led Texas House impeaches Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton
Texas AG Ken Paxton has been suspended from office. He’s awaiting a trial in the state…
GOP-led Texas House impeaches Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton
Texas AG Ken Paxton has been suspended from office. He’s awaiting a trial in the state…
Texas House votes to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton
AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: With the sound of the clerk ringing the bell… (SOUNDBITE OF COURT BELL…
Texas House votes to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton
The Republican-led Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton.…
Texas House votes to impeach Ken Paxton
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texas House voted 121-23 to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Saturday.…
Texas House committee moves to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton
A Texas House panel adopted 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday.…
Texas House committee moves to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton
A Texas House panel adopted 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday…
Texas House Committee Issues Articles of Impeachment Against Attorney General Ken Paxton
The House General Investigating Committee of the Texas House of Representatives voted unanimously on Thursday to…
In Houston Schools, It’s the Mike Morath Show
Since mid-March this year, when the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced it would be taking over…
Texas House committee recommends impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas House committee voted Thursday afternoon to adopt articles of impeachment against…
Mom pushes food safety bill in Texas House to honor son
AUSTIN (KXAN) – A Texas mother who lost her son nine years ago spent Tuesday trying…
Texas Senate passes revamped school funding bill in last-minute bid to implement voucher program
AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) — A drastically different version of a school funding bill that’s being…
WATCH LIVE: Texas Senate honors victims of Uvalde school shooting
AUSTIN, Texas – State Sen. Roland Gutierrez and members of the Texas Senate will recognize the…
Free speech advocates concerned about Senate Bill 896 advancing in Texas Legislature
SAN ANTONIO – A lot of issues are getting highlighted in the state capitol this legislative…
HB 2265 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the award of compensatory damages caused by certain delays under governmental construction contracts.
House approves bill capping what Texas consumers would pay for new tool to boost power plants
“House approves bill capping what Texas consumers would pay for new tool to boost power plants”…
Texas Senate committee advances teacher pay bill with addition of school voucher-like program
AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the last viable bills in the Texas legislature that would increase…
HB 191 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the evaluation of applications for certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of…
HB 114 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the possession, use, or delivery of marihuana or e-cigarettes on or near public school…
HB 4524 Senate Committee Report
Relating to conducting certain medical examinations using telemedicine under the workers' compensation system.
HB 5105 Senate Committee Report
Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue…
HB 4025 Senate Committee Report
Relating to authorizing the sale by the State of Texas of certain real property located in…
HB 2129 Senate Committee Report
Relating to a merchant allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to…
HB 1182 Senate Committee Report
Relating to judicial statistics and other pertinent information gathered by the Texas Judicial Council and certain…
HB 299 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the creation of a voluntary accreditation for recovery housing; authorizing fees.
HB 1105 Senate Committee Report
Relating to preventative health care and public health, including prohibited immunization and face-covering requirements, private business…
HB 1287 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the exclusion of certain resources in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
HB 1302 Senate Committee Report
Relating to inspections and examinations by the Railroad Commission of Texas of certain sites and facilities…
HB 18 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with…
HB 2414 Senate Committee Report
Relating to certain practices of a health maintenance organization or insurer to encourage the use of…
HB 1743 Senate Committee Report
Relating to a memorandum of understanding between the Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas…
HB 1357 Senate Committee Report
Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for certain medication-assisted treatments for opioid or substance use disorder.
HB 113 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the use of community health workers in Medicaid managed care.
HB 44 Senate Committee Report
Relating to provider discrimination against a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based on…
HB 1058 Senate Committee Report
Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for certain housing developments.
HB 1228 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the right of a property owner or the owner's agent to receive on request…
HB 64 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency vehicle used to conduct a…
HB 1002 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the membership of a public school concussion oversight team and the removal of a…
Texas Senate votes to establish “Vanessa Guillén Day” in honor of soldier killed at Central Texas Army post
The Texas Senate unanimously approved a measure this week to establish September 30th as Vanessa Guillén…
U.S. Senate Members Meet the Crew of Artemis II
The four astronauts who will fly around the Moon on NASA's Artemis II visited Washington on…
HB 1193 Senate Committee Report
Relating to prohibiting housing discrimination by a property owners' association against a residential tenant based on…
HB 1184 Senate Committee Report
Relating to access to criminal history record information for use in certain research or statistical projects.
HB 975 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the designation of the portion of Interstate Highway 635 in Mesquite as the Officer…
HB 844 Senate Committee Report
Relating to crime victims' compensation for criminally injurious conduct in connection with trafficking of persons.
HB 2837 Senate Committee Report
Relating to prohibiting a person or entity from surveilling, reporting, or tracking the purchase of firearms,…
HB 2291 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by certain retired judges and justices.
HB 891 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the use of expert testimony in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 2416 Senate Committee Report
Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection trust fund to be administered by the General…
HB 1034 Senate Committee Report
Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue…
HB 3287 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the locations of the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System.
HB 2804 Senate Committee Report
Relating to use of the name, image, or likeness of a student athlete participating in an…
CROWN Act passed by Texas Senate
AUSTIN (KXAN) — House Bill 567, also known as the Texas CROWN Act, was successfully voted…
HB 219 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the release of a deed of trust or other contract lien securing a home…
HB 207 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the exclusion of certain conveyances from classification as sham or pretended sales.
HB 2497 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.
HB 2353 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.
HB 1689 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the use of county hotel occupancy tax revenue for an electronic tax administration system…
HB 4443 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the allocation of certain federal money provided under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
HB 1712 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed orders.
HB 2121 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the form of a rendition statement or property report used to render property for…
Senator breaks records after casting 70,000th consecutive vote in Texas Senate
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) cast her 70,000th consecutive vote in the…
Texas House passes bill that would require DFPS to give luggage to foster children
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would require the…
HB 1587 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the use by insurance companies of separate accounts in connection with life insurance and…
HB 1745 Senate Committee Report
Relating to vicarious liability of a transportation network company for acts of a driver using the…
Texas House panel votes to raise the minimum age to buy AR-15-style rifles
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There was cheering during a Texas House committee meeting this week in Austin.…
Raise-the-age gun bill in peril as Texas House deadline looms
(Texas Tribune) — The unexpected elation felt this week by gun control advocates and families of…
Bill that would require Texas schools to teach fentanyl-awareness passes through House
AUSTIN (KXAN) — House Bill 3908, commonly known as Tucker’s Law, will now go before the…
HB 2209 Senate Committee Report
Relating to establishing the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program and creating an allotment and outcomes…
McConnell Makes It Clear–No Debt Ceiling Deal in Senate ‘Without Substantive Spending’ Cuts
We’re just days away from the much anticipated meeting among the four leaders of the U.S.…
HB 609 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the liability of a business owner or operator arising from the exposure of an…
Texas House passes bill that removes Ashe Juniper tree protections, concerning environmentalists
AUSTIN (KXAN) – A bill filed by Texas House Rep. Ellen Troxclair, (R-Austin), that would remove…
Crime reduction program in works in Austin, how it’s going in Houston
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Curbing crime by meeting with violent crime victims while they’re in the hospital…
California Democrat Senator Dave Min’s DUI Bust Could Have National Implications
California state Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine), who is running for Congress in 2024, was arrested for…
HB 1748 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the use of a facsimile signature on certain public securities and related certificates.
HB 1706 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the right of an insured to enter into a contract with a public insurance…
Cruz, Hawley Cut Dems Down to Size on SCOTUS Security Funding Threats in Must-Watch Moments
Ever since the Capitol riot, Republicans have been subjected to non-stop pious lectures from Democrats, their…
HB 2899 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the impoundment of a vehicle used in the commission of the offense of racing…
HB 1000 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas House of…
HB 1595 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the administration and investment of, and distribution and use of money from, certain constitutional…
Katie Britt Rips Into Merrick Garland After ‘Clear Evidence’ Confirms Dereliction on SCOTUS Justice Protection
We reported back in March on how Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) blew the lid off of…
Liberal SCOTUS Justice Caught in Scandal That Blows Up Recent Left-Wing Attacks
There’s one certainty in politics. If a Democrat is accusing a Republican of doing something, it…
Victim, suspect identified in April 27 suspected murder/suicide investigation
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department released an update surrounding an April 27 homicide investigation.…
Police name woman shot, killed by husband in north Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police released the name Wednesday of a woman shot and killed by her…
Poll shows Ted Cruz approval rating increases as Colin Allred announces Senate challenge
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — New polling out Wednesday shows U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s approval rating among Texas…
HB 266 Senate Committee Report
Relating to the required filing and use of an affidavit containing the contact information of certain…
Texas House gallery cleared after protests against bill to ban gender-affirming care
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The issue of transgender rights brought new conflict at the Texas Capitol Monday,…
HB 598 Senate Committee Report
Relating to creating the criminal offense of possession of an animal by a person who has…
Cruz Crushes Rolling Stone Claim He ‘Maligned’ Biden’s Refusal to Negotiate Debt Ceiling in One-Word Tweet
Regardless of one’s position on Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz — I was a Cruzer in…
Texas House to discuss, vote on bills affecting transgender youth
Texas lawmakers are considering a slate of bills affecting transgender young people this session. Two of…
Medical billing transparency legislation pushes forward
This report is an update to KXAN’s “Medical Debt Lawsuits” investigation. Our team will continue to…
Body found just north of Temple identified as missing Austin woman
BELL COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) — A body found in Bell County has been identified as…
Person killed in crash on Highway 71 east of Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A person was pronounced dead after an early-morning crash on Highway 71 east…