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Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults

“Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the House did not reach a quorum due to the absent Democrats.

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Senate OKs latest bill restricting use of government and school bathrooms by transgender people

Senate Bill 7 would require people to use restrooms that match their birth gender and fine institutions up to $25,000 for repeated violations.

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Texas GOP once again tries to ban local governments from hiring lobbyists in Austin

Critics of the bill say the state’s smallest cities and school districts will be silenced at the Capitol.

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Texas again trying to restrict the bathrooms transgender people can use

The bills would carry a $5,000 fine for a first-time violation and comes as momentum for such restrictions has increased in the state and nationally.

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Big money shaping GOP primaries for Texas attorney general, comptroller

New campaign finance filings provide the first glimpse of the financial and political fault lines emerging in the open primaries for key statewide offices.

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Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson announces run for attorney general

The third-term Democrat from Dallas faces long odds in a state that has only elected Republicans to statewide office for three decades.

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Analysis: The 2025 Texas Senate, from right to left

Here’s a look at senators, ranked from most conservative to most liberal, based on votes cast during the 2025 regular session.

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Aaron Reitz, former top DOJ official and Paxton aide, launches bid for Texas attorney general

Reitz, formerly a key cog in Texas’ conservative legal pipeline, once said the AG’s office is at war with “the forces that want to destroy the American order.”

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Texas’ undocumented college students no longer qualify for in-state tuition

Within hours of a federal lawsuit targeting Texas’ policy of letting undocumented students qualify for lower public tuition rates, the 24-year-old law was no more.

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Sodas, candy to be banned from Texas food stamp purchases

Buoyed by the Trump administration's willingness to place restrictions on food assistance programs, Texas moves to limit junk food.

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Once again, Texas Legislature unlikely to pass ethics legislation this year

Lawmakers filed dozens of bills that would increase transparency around spending in elections and strengthen penalties for campaign and lobbying violations. None are poised to pass.

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Texas will require state documents to reflect sex assigned at birth

Many trans Texans have changed the sex listed on their birth certificate, driver’s licenses and other documents. They say their identities will be invalidated under bill headed to governor's desk.

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Texas oil companies face new deadlines to plug inactive wells

Senate Bill 1150, which is on its way to Gov. Greg Abbott, is a rare example of the Texas Legislature regulating the state’s oil and gas industry.

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Prayer period in schools backed by Texas Legislature

A House vote showed broad support for the measure that would let districts set aside time for prayer or religious study.

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Republicans Push to Define Biological Sex in Statute

“If biological sex were as obvious as lawmakers keep insisting that biological sex is, we wouldn’t be here.”

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State Rep. Dennis Paul announces bid for Texas Senate with backing from Dan Patrick

Paul is the first candidate out of the gate to succeed incumbent Mayes Middleton in an open seat running from Galveston to the outskirts of Houston.

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Texas Senate panel advances bill that would no longer allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition

The bill would overturn a two-decade-old law allowing some undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition.

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Texas may officially recognize Gulf of America change after Senate gives first OK

Senate Bill 1717 would require the name of Gulf of Mexico to be changed in every official reference made by a state agency, resolution, rule or publication.

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Texas may study the impact of immigration again, but focus only on costs

The only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the state’s economy than they cost the state.

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Sen. Mayes Middleton announces bid for Texas attorney general

Middleton is the second Republican to join what is expected to be a growing field of candidates angling to succeed Attorney General Ken Paxton as the state’s top legal official.

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Lawmakers weigh moving bingo operations out of Texas Lottery’s purview amid agency’s uncertain future

A possible reassignment of the charitable games comes as 15 bills in the Legislature seek to either alter or abolish the troubled agency.

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A Republican effort to set deadlines to plug orphan wells in Texas hits resistance

The bill would have set deadlines for the oil and gas industry to plug inactive wells, which can pose a danger to the environment.

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In quest to infuse more religion into Texas schools, advocates say courts are now on their side

Past efforts to allow more religion in public schools have been hamstrung by legal challenges. But those on the religious right feel empowered by recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

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Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown

Legislators are expected to take up a $360 million proposal that would change the landscape of financial aid in the state.

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We ranked Texas senators across the ideological spectrum based on their 2023 votes

Here’s a look at Senate members, ranked from most conservative to most liberal, based on their votes cast during the 2023 regular session and four special sessions.

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