A whirlwind special session ended after midnight Wednesday, as several high-profile bills made it across the finish line and other key legislation failed. One of the big issues during the second ...

Texas' annual STAAR test could be replaced with three shorter tests under a new bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. A bill to end Texas’ STAAR test in 2027 is likely to be signed into law by Gov.

The Texas Legislature passed a slew of bills in record time, knocking out high-priority GOP legislation on redistricting, the STAAR test, abortion, and bathroom safety, and nonpartisan laws to ...

Texas lawmakers are in their second special session, which could end sooner than expected, with some wanting to adjourn this week. The session is focused on legislation related to the deadly Central ...

After six days, the Colorado legislature’s special session came to a dramatic end Tuesday. Parkinson’s Isn’t Just Bad Luck. Scientists Reveal It’s Largely Preventable—and the Culprit Is All Around Us ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House on Tuesday approved a bill that would replace the state’s STAAR exam with a series of three tests administered over the course of the school year. House Bill 8 would ...

Teachers, public school students and their parents may soon be free of the dreaded standardized STAAR tests. The state House Committee on Public Education met Monday morning to discuss House Bill 8, ...

ST. LOUIS – Session Taco in the Central West End is celebrating its reopening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning. The restaurant, located at Euclid and McPherson, was closed in 2022 after ...

On our political program This Week in Texas, ABC13 talks about the end of the special legislative session and the start of a second one. You'll hear from legislators on both sides of the aisle, and we ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers get a two-hour break Friday before they're expected back in their chambers. After the first special session adjourned sine die at 10 a.m. Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday called a second special session to push through a redrawing of congressional maps to secure up to five more Republican seats in the US House. Unlike the first special ...