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State lawmakers are now considering a bill to ban hair discrimination. The Crown Act, is already legal in more than a third of the states. State Representative Rhetta Andrews Bowers is hoping Texas will be added to the list.

It was a marathon day in the Texas House Affairs Committee Thursday with a hearing for House Bill 567 and a group of witnesses testifying for it.

A Texas bill limiting the state’s power to impose mask, vaccine mandates is moving forward in the Senate.

Representative Toni Rose (D-Dallas) has filed House Bill 12, to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers.

There is a lot of talk at the Texas Capitol these days about lowering property taxes. And the plans are now on paper as bills have been filed in both the House and the Senate. NBC 5 political reporter Julie Fine explains what’s on the table and how much homeowners might save.

With the 88th legislative session underway, Speaker Dade Phelan (R) announced three additional priorities for the Texas House on Monday.

The Texas House will pass a sweeping property-tax relief package this session that includes tighter appraisal caps that apply to all kinds of property, not just homes, Speaker Dade Phelan said Thursday.

State Republican leaders have been promising to use an unprecedented budget surplus to lower local property taxes, but the details of the relief package are not yet ironed out.

With the 88th legislative session underway, Speaker Dade Phelan (R) announced additional priorities for the Texas House on Tuesday.

Texas lawmakers have consistently talked about lowering your taxes, now there are some hard numbers to share. In both the House and Senate budget–there is $15 billion for property tax relief. The Senate budget specifies $3 billion of that is for a raise in the homestead exemption.

Texas lawmakers have consistently talked about lowering your taxes, now there are some hard numbers to share. In both the House and Senate budget–there is $15 billion for property tax relief.

The Texas House on Tuesday re-elected State Rep. Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) to a second term as House Speaker.

The Texas House on Tuesday re-elected State Rep. Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont) to a second term as House Speaker.

Three North Texas members of the Texas legislature are favorites to return in 2023 barring an Election Day upset.

“Systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman who killed 21 people at Robb Elementary in Uvalde was finally confronted and killed, according to a report from investigators released Sunday.

“Systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman who killed 21 people at Robb Elementary in Uvalde was finally confronted and killed, according to a report from investigators released Sunday.

“Systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman who killed 21 people at Robb Elementary in Uvalde was finally confronted and killed, according to a report from investigators released Sunday.

Almost a week after footage leaked, families of the victims of Uvalde’s school shooting are expected to hear from lawmakers on Sunday on the state of the investigation.

Jasmin Cazares, who lost her sister, Jackie, in the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, pleaded for action Thursday from state lawmakers.

The state legislative committee investigating the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde heard testimony from law enforcement officers Monday.