The Texas House has approved the negotiated version of a bill that aims to ban people tied to the governments of China, North Korea, Russia and Iran from purchasing land in the state.
The Texas Legislature has passed a bill shielding oil and gas companies from most lawsuits as they prepare to sell treated fracking wastewater for reuse in state waterways.
The Texas Senate has unanimously passed an $8.5 billion public school funding package that includes teacher pay raises, support staff salary boosts, and increased per-student funding.