Texas Senate

The state office that distributes billions to expand Texas rural broadband is facing allegations of "favoritism" and offering "sweetheart" deals to companies that provide low earth orbit satellite broadband.

Starting April 1, Texans will no longer be allowed to use food stamps to buy sweetened beverages and candy.

Texas Republicans spread message of unity ahead of November midterms.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office said has launched investigations into "dozens" of Medicaid providers for alleged fraud — based on data released by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. In a statement released Tuesday, Paxton's office did not specify which providers, or how many, would be investigated.

A judge ruled Senate Bill 13, passed in 2021, violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The law prevented state investments in firms it deemed as boycotting oil and gas companies.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a Texas Senate seat in deep-red Tarrant County over the weekend. Now, the surprising win is raising alarms for Republicans in Texas — and beyond — ahead of November's midterm elections.

A federal appeals court will hear arguments in lawsuits seeking to block Texas and Louisiana from requiring classroom displays of the Ten Commandments.

Hemp advocates say raising annual licensing fees for retailers from $150 to $20,000 and for manufacturers from $250 to $25,000 would shutter small businesses.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board office of the Ombudsman has opened a new website where people can report alleged violations of state law in colleges and universities.

Senate Bill 17, which took effect in September, bars people with citizenship, permanent residence or political ties to China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from acquiring most types of real estate in Texas.