The Texas House on Thursday gave the final stamp of approval to legislation authorizing roughly $8.5 billion in funding for public schools, sending the bill to Gov.

The Texas Legislature is allowing the Dallas City Council to move local elections from May to November in odd years. Dallas ...

New committees would be tasked with ensuring courses don’t ‘promote the idea that any race, sex, or ethnicity or any ...

The Texas legislation was introduced in part as a response to NAR's speech code, which was introduced in 2020.

A push in Texas to ban children under 18 years old from social media platforms has failed at the state Capitol.

Michigan has been fortunate to have few recent attacks on voting rights from the state Legislature, but a House ...

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: In ...

During the final days of the 140-day regular legislative session, two proposals to amend the state Constitution and require ...

No more than four may be no more. The College Station ordinance prohibiting more than four unrelated persons from inhabiting ...

The House passage of the measure asking voters to amend the state Constitution to tighten the state’s bail laws hands a major ...

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt led the effort to crack down on squatting with Senate Bills 38 and 1333, both of which are ...

Supporters said the proposal, which sought to amend the state constitution, would improve safety. Critics said it would ...