Light illuminates a directory as people walk and take the stairs down to the second floor of the state Capitol extension in Austin on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Ronaldo Bolaños/The Texas Tribu, ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Texas House of Representatives is scheduled to reconvene for the 89th legislative session at 12 p.m. MT on Friday, Aug. 8, but it seems unlikely that the over 50 Democrats ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Not long after the Texas House and Senate both adjourned to close a special session, Governor Abbott called a second special session. It begins at Noon. “Do not go very far, as ...

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AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - Gov. Greg Abbott has announced the second special session will begin at noon on Friday. The first ended with no legislation passed, as House Democrats fled the state to avoid a ...

Texas Attorney General candidate and Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson has filed a pair of THC-related bills during the 89th Legislative Special Session in opposition to the current crackdown ...

Note: The above video shows the top headlines from the morning of September 11, 2025. LUBBOCK, Texas — New laws that were passed during Texas’ 89th Regular Legislative Session to help Texas ...

Houston, who represents District 6, including Baytown, delivered a comprehensive update on the 89th Legislative Session to t City Council during a work session Thursday, ...

The second session is set to consider the same agenda that stalled in the first, with redistricting and disaster response at the top of the governor’s priorities. Audio recording is automated for ...