Texas Representative, Trent Ashby, advocated heavily for farmers, ranchers, and rural Texas land in this year's legislative session.

Water treatment company Aquafortus reflects on the impact of produced water legislation just passed in the Texas Legislature ...

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A new poll from the Texas Politics Project finds that only about a quarter of Texans think state lawmakers are doing a good ...

Every two years, the Texas Legislature convenes at the state capitol ... why they were doing the first-ever Best and Worst in 1973, there’s a big focus on how, to understand the Legislature, you need ...

Abbott hinted a special session may be needed because the Legislature didn’t pass a ban on cities, counties and school ...

Patrick is president of the Texas Senate and is arguably the most powerful person in the Legislature. He appeared to support the idea of redrawing legislative boundaries to squeeze one or two more ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed 28 bills, including efforts to study teacher retention and a slew of criminal justice-related changes.

All eyes are on the Senate as a skeptical Republican caucus moves forward on the "Big, Beautiful Bill" – and action is ...

This week, we run an emergency episode to discuss Gov. Greg Abbott vetoing Texas THC ban and calling a special session. Will ...

With the path forward unclear — regulation, ban or status quo — business owners in the hemp industry say the fight to stay ...

For example, the food additive azodicarbonamide, known as ADA and used as a bleaching agent in cereal flours, is included on ...