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Texas lieutenant governor Democratic runoff: Who is running and what to know

The lieutenant governor’s office is one of the most powerful in Texas government, and the 2026 race features a Democratic runoff between Vikki Goodwin and Marcos Velez.

Texas Democrats face big fines for 2025 quorum break

Texas Democrats who broke quorum during the special session in August 2025 will be fined nearly half a million dollars. The state lawmakers walked out for 12 days to try to prev...

Texas Legislature Sets Its Sights on Data Centers and AI: What You Need to Know

Texas House and Senate leadership recently released their interim charges, which serve as “homework assignments” for legislative committees to study before the 2027 session. These...

Lt. Gov. Patrick, Speaker Burrows call for DSHS to waive fiber provision for summer camps

Texas House and Senate leaders are seeking to allow youth summer camps to obtain licenses from the Department of State Health Services if they meet all safety requirements except t...

UPDATE—Texas Senate Bill 17

Recent Developments In March 2026, the Texas Attorney General issued a press release and proposed rules to implement and enforce SB 17, providing our first substantive insight into...

Texas 2026 primary runoff election results for U.S. Senate, attorney general and more

Texas House committee slaps Democrats with nearly $422K in penalties for 2025 quorum break

The Committee on House Administration voted along party lines to fine 50-plus Democratic members more than $8,000 apiece for fleeing the state to try to block a GOP-led congression...

Texas State Democratic Rep. James Talarico on race to flip Senate seat

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Texas State Democratic Rep. James Talarico in the aftermath of the primary, which solidified Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as his GOP competitor in...

Lawsuits? Special session? Appeal? Texas camps weigh how to open this summer

As of May 1, nine youth summer camps received a 2026 license from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Another 243 are still working on it.

Texas House discusses the rising needs of data centers

The Texas House State Affairs Committee heard testimony from ERCOT and data center representatives on the need for a streamlined approval process for data centers to connect to the...

Republican Brett Ligon, former Montgomery County DA, wins special election for open Texas Senate seat

A rematch is scheduled for November, as Ligon’s win only puts him in the seat through January. But the former prosecutor will be heavily favored, given the district’s solidly Repub...

General Assembly “Hot Topic” Bills as of the end of the 2026 Virginia Legislative Session

The 2026 General Assembly session adjourned sine die (meaning with no appointed day for resumption) on Saturday, March 14th, 2026. This was the 407th session of the Virginia Genera...

Texas House Democrats who walked out over congressional map fined over $8,000 each

A Republican-led House committee approved the penalties Friday, charging Democrats $500 for each day they were absent, plus costs borne by law enforcement to bring them back.

Hill Country to lawmakers: Focus on Kerr County's 119, not just Camp Mystic

While Texas Representatives and Senators made their way to Camp Mystic, Hill Country residents lined the road to ask the lawmakers to broaden their 2025 flooding investigation.

Dan Patrick says Republicans will “have a tough time” holding Texas House majority in November

The lieutenant governor’s remarks are the latest sign that Republicans are worried about the fall midterms. The GOP has controlled the state House since 2003 and currently has an 8...

Christian Menefee’s district sat vacant for 11 months. His first bill in Congress would set a deadline for special elect...

The Houston Democrat was elected earlier this year to finish out the term of Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died in March 2025. The safely blue district was left vacant for 334 days.

Camp Mystic counselors lacked emergency training before deadly flood, Texas lawmakers told

The two-day hearing marks the first public session for the joint state House and Senate flood investigating committees.

Dripping Springs, Lake Travis ISDs complying with Ten Commandments law, no posters donated yet

Senate Bill 10, does not require ISDs to buy the posters nor does it provide funding for the districts to purchase posters.

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Illinois General Assembly Spring 2026 End of Session Tracking

As the Illinois General Assembly draws closer to concluding its 2026 spring legislative session, there are a number of outstanding bills likely to be considered that would have a s...

Capitol Context: Here's who applied for Texas school vouchers

The Texas Comptroller's Office released the final data Thursday evening following an extended application period that ended on Tuesday. A TEFA spokesperson told KXAN a final tally...

State Senator to host public education town hall in Fort Worth

The newest state lawmaker representing Tarrant County is holding a community town hall focused on public education. State Sen. Rehmet will speak and join a panel of local educat...

Texas’ 35th Congressional District primary runoffs: Who is running and what to know

Two Democrats and two Republicans advanced to May runoffs for the open San Antonio-area seat, which was drawn to favor the GOP yet is considered winnable for Democrats in a wave ye...

Top Texas lawmakers support lifting summer camp safety requirement made in wake of deadly floods

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said they’re asking the state health agency to lift the fiber optics requirement that some camps are struggling to addre...