A Senate committee will host a hearing on the bill on Thursday, May 15.

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Senate Bill 1146 would encourage the owners of leases or mineral rights to which abandoned oil and gas wells are attached to ...

U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday reintroduced the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) ...

A proposal aimed at reforming “traveling” housing finance corporations could set off a wave of multifamily distress in big ...

U.S. Congressman Tony Gonzales has filed legislation to support domestic filmmaking, days after President Donald Trump ...

A study on extending the passenger rail line north of Oklahoma City into Kansas “is relevant and applicable for the ...

Several notable Lubbock organizations have joined 127 groups across Texas in urging state lawmakers to pass a $100 million child care funding bill.

Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP ...

South by Southwest could get state funding to help pay costs associated with planning and conducting its annual conferences ...

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill to help Lampasas County recover millions lost to a well-intended – but unfunded – veteran tax break.