As the Texas House prepares to vote on the budget, officials and other experts monitor national policy and state tax revenue.

The lieutenant governor has made expanding our film-incentives program—thus encouraging more moviemaking in the state—a priority for the Senate. But some say Hollywood doesn’t align with “Texas values ...

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FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton arrives with former ... González / Staff Photographer) Republican Dan Patrick, ...

Dr. Josh Green says HHS “must mount an extensive, science-based vaccination campaign to halt the spread of measles and ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, love him or hate him, is the most powerful Texas politician since the legendary Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock.

Since the 89th Legislature kicked off in January, the Texas Senate has passed nearly 200 bills. But as of Wednesday morning, ...

An overhauled version of Senate Bill 37 would also allow anyone to file complaints that could lead schools to lose funds.

In an interview, the lieutenant governor talks about his recent pop-up investigations and how he uses storytelling to make a political point. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has built on his career as a ...

Texas lawmakers are once again at odds over how to fix the state’s broken bail system. Republicans want to expand the list of ...

Texas alone has confirmed more than 400 measles ... During the Covid-19 pandemic – when I was serving as lieutenant governor – we vaccinated over a million people in Hawaii, saving thousands ...

Ten of Patrick's 40 priorities have already passed out of the Senate, including three of the items on the new list released Thursday.