Elon Musk ignited a firestorm in Texas politics Thursday after claiming his friend's wife was killed by an illegal immigrant ...

Senate Bill 12 became law on Sept. 1 and is not being challenged in court. The bill advances the DEI ban placed on public ...

State Rep. Christina Morales (D-Houston) is the new chair of the House Democratic Campaign Committee for 2026, and is heading ...

Following the early June conclusion of the Texas Legislature’s regular session, one that was marked by the enactment of a long sought conservative goal, the state’s first school choice program, ...

Lawmakers considered measures responding to last month’s deadly floods without Democrats who fled the state to block Republican gerrymandering. Texas lawmakers started working Tuesday on legislation ...

Fifty years ago, Cile Holloway attended a national animal welfare conference and realized there was nobody working on ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump's ...

Changes to the Texas Constitution that were approved by voters include increased property tax exemptions for homeowners and businesses; a $20 billion investment in water infrastructure; new rules for ...

Ed O'Keefe is CBS News' senior White House and political correspondent reporting for all CBS News platforms. He's part of the team covering President Trump and covered all four years of Joe Biden's ...

The Texas legislature passed two bills on Wednesday reforming flood safety regulations after a deadly disaster swept the state earlier this summer, killing over 130 people. Twenty-five young girls and ...

But lawmakers did approve camp-safety standards and funding for early warning systems in response to the deadly July 4 floods. The Texas Legislature adjourned Thursday without passing new emergency ...