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On Tuesday, House Speaker Joe Straus won his third term as speaker after a challenge against him fizzled and Governor Rick Perry urged fiscal responsibility despite the state's improving financial picture.

What have the opening weeks of the Eighty-third Legislature taught us? And where do we go from here?

What the unanimous passage of HB 10 suggests about the mood of the 83rd Legislature.

The Texas Senate passes its version of the supplemental appropriations bill for some cash-strapped state agencies.

With a bill that would bar school districts from using sex education curriculum developed by abortion providers, the culture wars returned to the Capitol.

An appreciation of the sixty days' rule.

In a committee hearing Tuesday, the exoneree and newlywed pushed for a bill that would change the statute of limitations for offenses involving prosecutorial misconduct.

What's really behind Dan Patrick's bill on graduation requirements at the state's public universities?
The Senate approved a measure that would allow voters to decide whether to amend the constitution to limit statewide elected officials to two terms.

The Senate's unanimous passage of SB 7 gives a small hint of what a Texas approach to Medicaid might look like.

