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From The Texas Tribune: After months of drama and political resistance, the curtain has lowered on Democratic attempts to stave off a far-reaching rewrite…

From The Texas Tribune: A new state law will soon let most Texans carry handguns in public without going through training or having to get permits. Gov.…

With another big school in Texas leaving the Big 12 Athletic Conference, a decades-old issue is resurfacing. The multi-billion dollar Permanent University…

From NPR: More than 50 Democratic state lawmakers from Texas have now been holed up in a hotel in Washington, D.C., for longer than a week.The Democrats…

From KUT: A group of abortion providers in Texas announced Tuesday that they filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state ban on abortions as early as six…

From The Texas Tribune:Gov. Greg Abbott has announced the agenda for the special legislative session that begins Thursday, asking lawmakers to prioritize…

After 140 days, the regular session of the 87th Texas Legislature is finally over. The session saw some major triumphs for the conservative Republican…

From The Texas Tribune: The Texas Legislature closed out its regular 140-day session Monday with sniping among the state’s top political leaders and…

From The Texas Tribune: Texas Republicans fear ballots more than bullets.State lawmakers passed permitless carry legislation during their recently ended…

From The Texas Tribune: Gov. Greg Abbott signed into a law Wednesday a measure that would prohibit in Texas abortions as early as six weeks — before some…