The chairman of the House Business & Industry Committee said he was "stunned" to learn there is an obscure law that makes it easy for rent-to-own companies to file criminal charges against customers who fall behind on payments. The committee is looking at changing the law after a joint investigation by The Texas Tribune and NerdWallet.

The conservative House Freedom Caucus called for the Legislature to address "head on" a state statute they say impedes Texans' ability to work and makes it even harder for them to pay back their debt.

“This is a defining moment for our city, our state and our country,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said at the city's Tranquility Park Saturday morning, speaking at one of several rallies in Texas that collectively drew tens of thousands of attendees.

Tillerson's exit from the U.S. Department of State was announced less than two weeks ago. 

After the decision, leaders of the West Texas university affiliated with Churches of Christ said their “first instinct is not exclusion but to love.” 

Texas is among several states that will bar teachers, dentists, nurses and other professional license holders from renewing their licenses if they are in default on their student loans. Critics say the practice is counterproductive, since it impedes Texans’ ability to work and pay back those loans.

Most University of Texas System schools will see increases in the 1 percent to 7 percent range, adding hundreds of additional dollars to students’ tuition bills.

The university's handling of the case exemplifies how difficult — and expensive — it can be for schools to respond to controversial speech on their campuses.

Former state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer's history in the Capitol and facility with legislative rules make him a strong player on a political team that's vastly outnumbered in the Republican-controlled lower chamber, some of his former colleagues say.

The results are in from the Texas primary elections on March 6, 2018, the first since President Donald Trump was elected. Check out county-by-county comparisons of turnout in a few key races.

A University of Texas System audit has found that UT-Austin President Greg Fenves and his wife, Carmel, flew business class multiple times and should stop purchasing “premium airfare.” Fenves will reimburse the university about $27,000.

Baylor University said in a court filing that a message about deleting emails had nothing to do with the sexual assault scandal plaguing the school. 

Free speech on campus has become a hot-button issue, but it’s unclear how lawmakers can better protect it — or if they need to.

Uniformed officers and what appeared to be locksmiths were spotted at the agency's Austin headquarters the day former Executive Director Harvey Hilderbran was fired in January.

A panel of state lawmakers is set to reconsider the complicated way Texas funds its public colleges and universities on Wednesday after an attempt to overhaul the system failed last year.