Legislature

President Joe Biden is now urging companies with 100 or more people to request COVID-19 vaccinations or a weekly COVID-19 test. "This is not about freedom or personal choice, but about protecting yourself and those around…

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date on the most important news from Texas. Some of the Texas House Democrats, who are still in Washington, DC, didn't hold back on Monday as…

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date on the most important news from Texas. As the final week of the special legislature began, the partisan stalemate over the priority…

AUSTIN (KXAN) - The Texan legislature must have a so-called "quorum" in order to propose, discuss and vote on bills. But what does that mean and why would you ever "break" it? A quorum, according to the Oxford English…

August 2, 2021 As the final week of the special legislature began, the partisan stalemate over the priority election law for Texas Republicans has not come any closer to resolution in Austin. Enough House Democrats to prevent a quorum…

Updated at 4:54 pm with new information throughout.AUSTIN –– Less than a day after news broke that the University of Texas was planning to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference, a North Texas lawmaker said it would seek laws…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrats in the Texas Legislature leave Austin to try to stop the passage of the…

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday vetoed the portion of the state budget that funds the Texas legislature. He threatened to do so after Democrats led a walkout in the House in order to block his priority elections bill. In a…

A late-night Democratic walkout over an election bill led Gov. Abbott to promise a return of state lawmakers to Austin. AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Legislature is all done. For now.…

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Republican-led legislature passed a bill banning abortion in Texas almost immediately after the US Supreme Court Roe v. Wade reverses the 1973 case that legalized abortion.The 1280 House Bill, known as the…