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Business lawyers — dealmakers and litigators alike — have a lot to digest from legislation enacted during the 2025 session to ...

Thousands of undocumented students who grew up in Texas now face college tuition costs that are more than twice what other ...

While in Lubbock, Lt. Gov. Patrick and Sen. Charles defended the proposed bill that would ban THC across the state, impacting ...

The state’s governor signed legislation to allow clinical trials of a psychedelic drug that shows promise for veterans in ...

After years of fruitless debate in Pennsylvania’s legislature about whether and how to update the commonwealth’s election laws, a civics project is trying to see whether ordinary voters have better ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2308, promoting ibogaine research for treating opioid addiction, depression, ...

If Gov. Greg Abbott signs it into law, Senate Bill 15 would prohibit large Texas cities from requiring that homes in new ...

Former U.S. Congressman Colin Allred says he’s close to making a decision on if he’ll run for U.S. Senate again.

Another factor in Democrats’ favor is the backlash most presidents’ parties face in midterm elections. Texas Democrats would ...

A multimillion-dollar investment aims to keep El Paso cancer patients closer to home for treatment, marking a significant ...

The bill has passed the House and is now in the Senate, with hundreds of billions in proposed cuts to government benefits.