Money for mental health services, water infrastructure and space exploration are among the items legislators want to fund ...

The Texas House and Senate need to work out differences in the draft budget, a secretive process that determines winners and losers.

AUSTIN, Texas — There is a bill being discussed in the Texas legislature this session that ... "This bill provides a process where you can evict someone without a trial within about 10 days ...

The Senate acquitted Paxton after a two-week trial. Paul pleaded guilty in January to one count of making a false statement to a financial institution and is expected to be sentenced later this month.

If they are asking for a compromise and exception to the rule at the very beginning of this process ... influence on what legislation gets attention is nothing new in Texas.