Texas Legislature

A 2024 change in the party's censure policy has had a big impact.

The committees were made to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and come as university faculty have come under online scrutiny.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed last week at Utah Valley University. Authorities have called the killing a "political assassination."

Staff fired from the Texas Funeral Service Commission claim the head commissioner's advocacy for bills in the Texas Legislature presented an allegedly illegal conflict of interest. Legal and political experts say lobbying laws for regulatory agencies aren't so straightforward.

Letitia James, New York's attorney general, said Texas has no authority to "impose its cruel abortion ban here."

Legislators couldn't reach a last-minute deal to tighten regulations on consumable hemp products.

Here's what we're watching this week at the Legislature.

HB 256 would prevent camps from correcting violations on the spot to avoid state penalties and reduce the number of camps serving on a state panel to a maximum of two.

And in 2025, the Texas Legislature's 89th session was no different. Earlier this year, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 412, which makes changes that could mean criminal charges for educators.

The plan redraws Texas' congressional districts, potentially shifting several seats from Democratic to Republican control in the 2026 midterms.