Where Galveston Island State Park is today, Colorado investors of the 1890s once wanted to build the town of South Galveston, ...

The Galveston hurricane of 1900—or just the Storm, as many islanders usually refer to it nowadays—has inspired no shortage of books, including Erik Larson's superb 1999 nonfiction bestseller Isaac's ...

(The Texas Tribune) The Texas House gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would ban all products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, likely spelling the end for the state’s short ...

AUSTIN — Property tax cuts for homeowners won final passage in the Texas House on Wednesday with the unanimous approval of legislation that would raise the state’s homestead exemption from $ ...

House Bill 3006 would require the installation of climate control in state prison facilities by 2032. About two-thirds of Texas’ prison inmates reside in facilities ...

AUSTIN, Texas — It was almost as if a cattle auction broke out on the floor of the Texas House late Thursday night. House Speaker Dustin Burrows talked fast and banged his gavel to try to ...

A repeal of the state’s defunct ban on gay sex cleared the Texas House on Friday, following a nail-biter vote recount. On Thursday, lawmakers voted 72-55 to give the first approval to House Bill ...

The Texas House of Representatives have preliminarily voted in favor of repealing the state's defunct ban on "homosexual conduct." On Thursday, lawmakers voted 72-55 to give first approval to ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing [email protected] The Texas House of Representatives have preliminarily voted in favor of repealing the state's defunct ban on ...

There is nothing left up to chance. This is why we need to reform the Texas House.” With Thursday’s deadline in the rearview mirror, House lawmakers are expected to turn their attention to the ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — At 12 a.m. Friday, thousands of bills in the Texas House of Representatives will meet their end. Before the deadline, the House passed 1,060 bills, with each passing three ...

The Texas House brought the state one step closer to eliminating a legal loophole that permits child marriages. Marriage involving teens is rare after lawmakers in 2017 took steps to curb the ...