Texas tax collectors predict another $500 million for the state budget

Texas House votes to raise legal smoking age to 21

Gina Ortiz Jones running again to unseat Texas U.S. Rep. Will Hurd

"I'm honestly still stunned that I work here." Meet the staffers who keep Texas lawmakers in check under the dome.

"People were giving us lip service": Texas cities' legislative efforts have struggled this year

Some see a plan to expand I-35 as a betrayal of Austin’s environmental values

Texas Senate revives, fast-tracks religious liberty bill that LGBTQ Caucus killed in the House

Gymnasts who survived abuse by Larry Nassar urge Texas lawmakers not to water down reform

Chris Bell, former Democratic congressman, might run for U.S. Senate in 2020 against John Cornyn

Julián Castro unveils education plan with focus on pre-K, tuition-free college

Texas lawmakers see a more engaged Gov. Greg Abbott. Will it pay off?

Analysis: The Texas Legislature’s unexciting, no drama, very humdrum session

Border detention cells in Texas are so overcrowded that the U.S. is using aircraft to move migrants

Advocates say a Texas House bill could prevent arrests like Sandra Bland's, but multiple attempts to pass it failed

Texas House approves bail reform bill after removing amendment that could keep more poor people in jail

Once again, bills to study the impacts of climate change in Texas have stalled

Texas Senate passes bill to end the shackling of pregnant women in prison

After state Supreme Court ruled execution drug supplier can stay secret, Texas obtains more lethal doses

Why Texas abortion opponents aren’t leading the charge to overturn Roe v. Wade

Analysis: When the Texas Legislature’s safest vote is no vote at all

Texas LGBTQ Caucus marks major victory, killing bill advocates feared would hurt gay communities

Texas House approves bail reform bill — with amendment that limits pretrial release for some poor defendants

Point of Order: Over the rainbow

Texas narrows law barring contractors from boycotting Israel

Renewable energy proponents brace for last-minute attack on tax breaks for wind and solar

Watch: Let’s talk about diversity in tech

Texas House OKs bill to ban death penalty for those with severe mental illness

TribCast: How did that tax swap fall apart?

Texas House passes bill to prohibit telemarketers from falsifying caller ID

Beto O'Rourke, once the talk of the 2020 field, settles in for long haul

Where is Texas’ growing population coming from?