Texas lawmakers are set to approve their new budget, which includes a substantial investment in the state's film and television incentive program.

AUSTIN, Texas - The first hearing on a new school voucher plan is now set for Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Texas Capitol. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick said he would fast track the controversial legislation and on Friday morning, in the State Senate, SB 2 was referred to the Senate Education K-16 Committee .

Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the legitimacy of his victory and issued a legislative challenge. Perhaps it was

Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and continue the state’s border crackdown,

State lawmakers are preparing to debate legislation that could shut down the sale of all forms of THC in Texas.

The state Senate’s draft budget would also lower property taxes by increasing the homestead exemption for most homeowners.

Amanda Zurawski, who nearly died after being denied an abortion, has been fighting to clarify the medical exception to Texas law for years. For the first time, Republicans might be willing to take up the issue.

The Texas Legislature may clarify for medical professionals when it’s legal to perform a life-saving abortion, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said this week. “We need to clarify any language so that doctors are not in fear of being penalized if they think the life of the mother’s at risk,

Several months after more than 110 Texas OB-GYNs said the state's abortion ban must change, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said the law should be amended to protect doctors and pregnant patients at risk ...

The rise of artificial intelligence, the digitization of the economy and everyday life’s growing computing needs have turbocharged the expansion of data centers, driving up a surge in electricity demand in Texas and across the country.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said Texas' near-total abortion should be updated to protect mothers whose lives are at risk.