Texas Politics

A group of drag performers and LGBTQ+ rights advocates have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a new Texas law that expands what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, arguing it is meant to target drag shows and could also criminalize ballet and even cheerleading.

Texas House lawmakers go home in less than two weeks, but the question now is will they have to return for a special session? NBC 5 political reporter Julie Fine reports several key issues are still in limbo in the final days of the Texas Legislature.

Thirteen people dead in two mass shootings. Eight immigrants killed when an SUV slams into a crowded bus stop. The likely approval of legislation that would let the Republican governor overturn elections in the most populous county, a Democratic stronghold. All in the past two weeks.

A major moment in U.S. history as former President Trump prepares to appear before a judge after he was indicted by a New York grand jury, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits DFW Airport for a new runway project and the Texas Legislature enters its final two months

Former President Trump will now be dealing with the indictment charges while on the campaign trail so what does all of this mean for the 2024 presidential race? Political Reporter Julie Fine reports.

Texas lawmakers and political experts are reacting to the historic indictment Thursday of former President Donald Trump.

Texas lawmakers are weighing in on the vote by a Manhattan grand jury to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.

Rep. Rhetta Andrews Bowers, is once again, taking on the issue of hair discrimination, hoping Texas becomes another state that makes it a law.

In eight years as arguably the most conservative “Big Two” in Texas history, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have achieved an uneasy peace.

The office of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this summer sought data on how many people had changed the gender information on their driver’s license, according to a Washington Post report.

Support is growing for a repeal of the so-called “tampon tax,” which has personal health products used by women being taxed by the state.