Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Speaker Dustin Burrows have announced joint House and Senate select committees to examine disaster ...

Following our prior alert on the House Ways & Means Committee version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), the House ...

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

The son of a billionaire linked to Jeffrey Epstein is pending confirmation for a major foreign aid position in the Trump ...

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 ...

State lawmakers could soon be back at the Capitol considering better warnings for flooding in Texas. Just days after the ...

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Congress passed a giant tax bill that includes the Senate's SALT changes that allow rich Americans in high-tax states to save ...

A June 2025 survey by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) found that 27% of nursing home providers said they would ...

Wisconsin’s new budget is set to spend $114.2 billion, a 15% spending increase compared to last biennial budget, according to ...

Wisconsin leaders reached a budget compromise agreement that includes $1.4 billion increase in funding for K-12 schools, $330 ...

CNN, HOUSE TV, SENATE TV, X By Morgan Rimmer, Tami Luhby and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — A marathon voting session on President ...