Legislative News

Instead of meeting to pass bills in this interim year between legislative sessions, the Texas House and Senate meet to discuss issues they think are important before they meet again in 2025. These are often called “interim charges” and hearings on...

Last week, Governor Greg Abbott announced that legislators would be called back to Austin on October 9, 2023 at 1pm for a third special session. While he didn’t announce the subject, it is no secret that vouchers for private schools will be at least...

Today, the Sierra Club called on Governor Greg Abbott to add to a special session urgently needed solutions to help Texans through extreme temperatures and the grid crisis.

Amidst soaring temperatures and electricity prices, environmental groups decry move as harmful to electric grid and environment.

The 88th Texas Legislative Session had too many twists and turns to believe, as bills that were dead and dusted came back, and legislators went to the wire.

SB 28 with Ramos amendment would have opened much needed funds to deal with flooding; Lt. Governor Patrick, Sen. Charles Perry remove it.

As the deadline to get Senate bills out of House committees approached Friday night, the fate of a historic energy efficiency bill became clear.

On Thursday, after approving massive taxpayer-backed subsidies for new gas power plants that could increase electric bills, the Texas House State Affairs Committee heard a trio of Senate bills aimed at reducing electricity bills for Texas families.

We’re in the painful sometimes exhilarating (but mostly painful) final days of the Texas legislative session. Deal making, backstabbing, deceit, and arm twisting are all in vogue.

With less than a week before thousands of House bills officially die because they failed to get out of House committees in time, many lawmakers are in full “Let’s Make A Deal” mode. And the results are not good for the environment.