Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session ...

Bitcoin mining afflicts locals with noise pollution, threatens water supplies, and receives generous public backing.

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New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await ...

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Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail ...

DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been ...

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We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates ...