Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in next year’s midterm elections, promising to be among the most heated and expensive ...

The Texas House budget spends $4.4 billion more than lawmakers appropriated in 2023 and keeps Operation Lone Star funded for ...

The lower chamber's plan largely aligns with the Senate's proposal and puts billions toward teacher pay, border security, and property tax cuts.

New Mexico was poised to adopt the tortilla its state bread, but the bill that got unanimous support in the Legislature fell ...

Texas Republicans in Congress defended President Donald Trump’s tariff moves, saying he’s making progress on better trade ...

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Elon Musk is asking the state to give him the power to close Boca Chica Beach on SpaceX’s schedule just as rocket launches ...

Lawmakers are debating Texas’ $337 billion two-year budget, with questions emerging over how recent stock market volatility and federal tariffs could impact state revenue. While Texas has a strong ...

The legislation includes new money for teacher pay raises, property tax cuts, border security, medical research, a private ...

Texas senators could vote this week on a bill that would drastically limit how the state’s public universities teach their students about history, race and inequality.

Combined, both measures will blueprint how the state spends its money (including its $24 billion surplus) in the next two ...