Senate Republicans are rejecting an attempt to reverse a provision from their new tax law that changes the taxation of ...

Senate Bill 22 will go into effect starting Sept. 1. Lobbying in support of increased film incentives brought star power to ...

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Republicans have hit a roadblock in an effort that could deter nonprofits, individuals and others from filing lawsuits to block President Donald Trump’s executive actions.

Most recently, actors Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson testified in front of the Senate Finance Committee, urging lawmakers to pass the bill.

Sen. Joan Huffman, a Houston Republican who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, said in an emailed statement earlier this year that the supplemental appropriations bill will include the $118 ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 22 on June 23, which aims to support the film, television and video game industries in Texas. The bill, called the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Fund, will ...

Senate Bill 22, filed by Houston Republican Sen. Joan Huffman, would direct the comptroller to deposit $500 million into a new Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Fund every two years until 2035 ...

The Texas Senate Committee on Education K-16 will hold a hearing Thursday morning to discuss the future of public school financing, nearly a month after the House passed a bill to give public schoo… ...

Bill author and Senate Finance Committee Chair Joan Huffman, R-Houston, and House sponsor Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, have both lauded it as a way to get more production to Texas, and the ...

For a third consecutive time, a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning has likely died in the Texas Senate.