Texas' anti-abortion groups hold differing legislative priorities as the movement continues developing in a post-Roe world.

The flash floods that killed at least 135 people in Texas' Hill Country was the main topic during the opening of a special legislative session in the state on Monday.

Just weeks after the governor vetoed a bill banning products containing THC, state senators revived it in the special session, filing nearly identical legislation and passing it unanimously out of committee with a 10-0 vote on Tuesday.

Here is the central issue as the Texas Legislature deliberates: Republican lawmakers, so loath to utter the words “climate change,” nonetheless must enact policies and fund infrastructure that not only respond to the July 4 flooding but anticipate future disasters, whether or not they wish to name the danger.

Legislation identical to two failed regular session bills seeking to restrict what bathrooms transgender people can use in government and school buildings have been filed in the Texas House and Senate after Gov.

Only five days into the special session and 15 Texas House Democrats left the state to meet with the Democratic governors of California and Illinois looking for ways to oppose redistricting efforts underway in Texas.

During the Texas Legislature's special legislative session hearing on Hill Country floods on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, state Sen. Ann Johnson, D-Houston, was brave enough to ask: "Who was behind the wheel in the middle of the night in Kerr County, that should’ve been the person who was up, prepared to sound the alarm?"

Lawmakers against the practice don’t want local governments to "subsidize speech" voters disagree with. Opponents say it is censoring the voice of