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Tensions flare as Texas House panel hears a “bathroom bill” for first time in eight years

Senate Bill 8 would restrict which bathrooms in government buildings transgender people would be allowed to use. Testimony ...

Activists rally as Texas House conducts hearing on transgender bathroom bill

LGBTQ activists rallied in the outdoor rotunda at the Texas Capitol on Friday following a Texas House hearing on a bathroom ...

Texas Senate set to vote on GOP redistricting plan that sparked weeks-long House standoff

The Texas Senate is debating the controversial GOP redistricting bill that triggered a weeks-long House standoff.The ...

Texas House passes flood bill requiring youth camp emergency plans

The measure is a response to the dozens of children who died at Camp Mystic and other youth camps in the Texas Hill Country ...

Camp Mystic posts letter after Texas House and Senate pass legislation in wake of devastating July 4 floods

Camp Mystic posted a message following heartbreaking testimony from campers' parents, and the advancement of legislation ...

Democrat Lloyd Doggett won’t seek reelection if courts don’t overturn Texas redistricting

Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett will no longer run for reelection to his seat if Republicans' redrawn House map isn't shot down in ...

Democratic Texas lawmaker passes 24-hour mark on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a ...

Texas House voting on bills addressing deadly Hill Country floods that killed hundreds

Lawmakers in the Texas House will vote on six bills aimed at addressing the Central Texas floods that killed 137 people.