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Many state legislative sessions are underway right now — learn more about this crucial political process and how it can bolster or reduce your rights. With an increasingly conservative Supreme Court ...

Texas’ 2025 legislative session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2. Lawmakers will debate a bevy of issues and pass hundreds of bills that affect Texans’ lives. First, the proposals must survive several ...

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of our 2023 guide to the Texas Legislature. Texas’ 2025 legislative session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2. Lawmakers will debate a bevy of issues and pass ...

The state budget is also a piece of legislation and moves through the Legislature in a similar process as other bills. It is developed through a two-year process that is led by the Legislative Budget ...

Editor's note: This is an updated version of the Texas Tribune’s 2023 guide to the Texas Legislature. Texas' 2025 legislative session runs from Jan. 14 to June 2. Lawmakers will debate a bevy of ...

"Texas Legislature 101: How bills become laws — and how you can participate in the process" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — ...