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Edible THC and CBD products sit on display at Sweet Sensi, a shop specializing in THC products five blocks away from the Capitol in Austin on May 22, 2025.

Texas Legislature 2025

Ban on THC products in Texas heads to Gov. Abbott’s desk after Senate agrees to House changes

By Jasper SchererMay 25, 2025

The governor has not addressed whether he supports the ban, as hemp industry leaders have urged him to veto Senate Bill 3.

A law enforcement official walks past a transport bus used to carry migrants in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Brownsville on May 18, 2019.

Texas Legislature 2025

Texas sheriffs would have to collaborate with ICE under bill poised for governor’s desk

By Alejandro SerranoMay 24, 2025May 25, 2025

The House approved Senate Bill 8, which mandates sheriffs request formal partnerships with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for designated deputies to serve administrative immigration warrants at their jails.

The influence of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is evident down the Legislature's homestretch, as a steady drumbeat of his highest priorities heads to the governor's desk.

Texas Legislature 2025

After years of tension, Texas House emerges as cooperative partner for Dan Patrick and his conservative agenda

By Jasper SchererMay 25, 2025

A 2024 war among Republicans tilted the House to the right. Now more closely aligned with the Senate, Speaker Dustin Burrows has accelerated action on bail, school vouchers and social issues.

A tenant walks her puppies outside of an apartment where the tenants were evicted and the apartment emptied at the Life at Jackson Square apartments in Houston on April 11, 2023.

Texas Legislature 2025

Eviction bill now focuses on squatters in Texas House rewrite

By Joshua FechterMay 23, 2025May 24, 2025

The chamber jettisoned a provision tenants’ advocates warned would make it easier for Texas landlords to evict renters.

A boy builds a sandcastle on the beach as a SpaceX spacecraft is prepared for launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on March 13, 2024.

Texas Legislature 2025

Starbase could shut down Boca Chica Beach more frequently under Texas legislation

By Berenice GarciaMay 24, 2025

The Texas Senate agreed Friday to make it easier for the new city, home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to shutter the beach during rocket launches.

After out loud reading time, Dana Altamirano discusses the book her fourth grade students just read as a group at West Avenue Elementary in Waco on April 5, 2024.

Texas Legislature 2025

$8.5 billion school funding package passes Texas Senate

By Jaden EdisonMay 22, 2025May 23, 2025

The legislation includes new pots of money for teacher raises and other school costs like insurance and transportation. It now heads to the House, where leaders say it will pass.

Texas lawmakers are considering legislation that would regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the state.

Texas Legislature 2025

Texas lawmakers push to regulate AI in government and the tech industry

By Alejandra MartinezMay 23, 2025May 23, 2025

As the state seeks to put guardrails around the fast-growing technology, some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect citizens while industry worries about stifling innovation.