The Texas House was scheduled to debate two bills on Friday that advocates say would negatively impact the state’s LGBTQ+ ...

State Rep. Cole Hefner says SB17 is the nation's "strongest bill" against its four biggest adversaries: China, Iran, Russia and North Korea.

Habeas corpus allows for those detained by the government to challenge the detention and be released from imprisonment after ...

The Harris County District Clerk’s Office (HCDCO) has opened a new location for passport applications inside its Records ...

Democrats hope to capitalize on President Donald Trump's falling poll numbers next year, but columnist Ron Faucheux says they ...

Texas lawmakers have unanimously voted to send H.B. 2000 - better known as Audrii’s Law - to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk to be signed into law.

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The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into a Muslim-centered planned community around one of the state’s largest mosques near Dallas, U.S.

The legislation had only pertained to countries the government deemed national security threats. A last-minute change would ...

Senate Bill 17 would ban some people, companies and government entities from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from buying property in Texas.

The group from Johnson County waited 18 hours to testify at a hearing that started at 1 a.m. on a bill to limit toxic ...

The University of Texas System is investing $100 million in the School of Civic Leadership at its flagship Austin campus, to ...