The 84th regular legislative session concluded on Monday with lawmakers passing campus carry legislation on the final weekend but unable to come to a consensus position on far-reaching ethics reform. Gov. Greg Abbott said he did not expect to call lawmakers back before the next regular session in 2017.

Abbott signed into law this week legislation that would allow the prescription of low-THC cannabis oil to treat patients suffering from intractable epilepsy. At the same time, Abbott insisted that marijuana should not and will not be legalized for medical or recreational use in Texas on his watch.

House Speaker Joe Straus filed papers to seek re-election as the chamber's presiding officer. If he wins, it would be his fifth term, tying him with Gib Lewis and Pete Laney for the most ever.

Natural gas drilling resumed in Denton this week after state lawmakers passed legislation that overturned a ban on hydraulic fracturing approved by voters in the city last year.

As an inquiry broadens into whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton violated securities law, a special prosecutor involved in the investigation indicated Thursday that he might have more time to pursue the issue than previously expected.

The tenure of Brett Giroir, the prominent leader of the Texas A&M Health Science Center who chaired a state task force on Ebola last year, came to an abrupt end on Monday. Afterward, he said he was told to resign or be terminated “within 30 minutes.”