A Texas student group and two high schoolers are suing to block a new state law that would require everyone — adults and minors alike — to verify their age before downloading or making in-app purchases.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/technology/2025/10/17/533618/texas-teens-student-group-sue-over-new-app-age-verification-law/

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Texas voters could soon see the state's top law enforcement officer regain the power to independently prosecute election fraud under new legislation filed this week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/07/31/527677/texas-lawmakers-move-to-restore-ag-ken-paxtons-power-to-prosecute-election-fraud/

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A bill that would have banned anyone under 18 from using or creating social media accounts appears to be dead in the Texas Legislature after missing a crucial procedural deadline Wednesday night.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/technology/2025/05/29/522538/texas-bill-to-ban-minors-from-social-media-likely-dead-after-missed-deadline/

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The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would move the state to permanent daylight saving time, ending the long-standing tradition of "springing forward" and "falling back" each year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/23/522234/texas-senate-passes-bill-to-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent-pending-federal-action/

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Texas senators voted 20-11 on Wednesday to approve a bill that would drastically limit how the state's public universities teach their students about history, race and inequality.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/04/17/519037/texas-senate-approves-bill-that-could-reshape-how-history-and-race-are-taught-in-state-universities/

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The Texas Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would create a task force to combat the escalating issue of petroleum theft in the state.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/13/515909/texas-senate-approves-bill-to-establish-petroleum-theft-task-force/

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Daylight saving time getting you down? The disruptive tradition of losing an hour, just to get that hour back later in the year, could soon end in Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/03/11/515724/hate-losing-an-hour-texas-lawmakers-might-end-daylight-saving-time/

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