Texas lawmakers handed a series of victories to gun rights advocates in the recently wrapped legislative session, making it easier to possess certain firearms while banning red-flag laws that allow ...

More than 30 new laws will take effect in Texas on Jan. 1, spanning the gamut from artificial intelligence, immigration ...

With the new year comes new laws, and ones that go into effect on January 1 touch on AI, taxes, squatters, insurance, and ...

New Texas laws taking effect in 2026 will reshape AI oversight, taxes, school finance, water policy and court procedures ...

Laws affecting immigration enforcement, evictions, artificial intelligence and taxes are set to kick in on Jan. 1.

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas state dish is chili, while the official state footwear is cowboy boots and its state vehicle is the chuck wagon. Soon, Texas may have an explosive addition to its set ...

Three people, including a 4-year-old child, were killed last week in a North Austin shopping center, in a state where the Legislature has repeatedly rolled back gun safety laws. As Austin-area ...

The Texas Capitol seen on Monday, June 30, 2025. Dozens of new Texas laws will take effect in December and January, bringing wide-ranging changes to the state's education system, law enforcement, ...

A 2021 law made it legal to carry handguns without a license or training. Gun control advocates are again calling on Texas lawmakers to restrict access to firearms after at least 19 children and two ...

A slate of new laws will go into effect Sept. 1 in Texas. State legislators passed hundreds of new laws during the recently concluded regular session, from a ban on cellphones in schools to new labels ...

While some states strengthen restrictions, others are loosening gun laws. April 5, 2013 -- The Newtown school massacre has prompted much legislation concerning gun laws, but ironically most of the ...