JARED PATTERSON

Here’s a look at House members, ranked from most conservative to most liberal, based on votes cast during the 2023 regular session.

State lawmakers have pushed bills to support fossil fuel-burning power plants and restrict renewable energy development this legislative session.

If the bill becomes law, book vendors would have to assign ratings to books based on depictions or references to sex.

The legislation was named for Bishop Evans, who drowned last year trying to rescue migrants in the Rio Grande.

Legal experts, librarians and some parents say House Bill 900’s language is so vague and broad that it could ensnare books that are not inappropriate.

The bill was amended to make the benefits retroactive, supporting the family of a soldier whose name is on the legislation.

The authors of bills in both legislative chambers say their bills’ aim is simple: keeping sexually explicit content off school bookshelves. But opponents say the legislation is vague and broad enough to wreak havoc.

Law enforcement officers who serve on Operation Lone Star get a $500,000 death benefit for their survivors if they die on duty. But National Guard troops on the same mission don’t get a dime from the state for their families if they die.

Texas lawmakers this year are debating whether to block transgender kids’ access to transition-related health care, classify businesses that host drag shows as sexually oriented establishments and limit public school lessons on sexuality and gender identity.

The legislation closely mirrors a Florida bill passed last year, dubbed by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which detractors say would further isolate LGBTQ students and open teachers and school districts to legal risks.

Republicans are backing legislation targeting gender-affirming care for children, classroom lessons about sexuality and drag shows.

TikTok, Instagram, and other social media sites could lose many of their teenage users in Texas. That’s if a North Texas lawmaker gets his wish.

State Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, and 26 other House colleagues want school leaders to boycott vendors that have offered what conservatives deem pornography.