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The 89th Texas Legislative Session brought sweeping changes to public education from major funding increases to the launch of ...

The 89th Texas Legislative Session brought sweeping changes to public education from major funding increases to the launch of ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would ban THC. Californians call on Donald Trump to declare state of emergency ...

A law providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools lacks the spending flexibility that previously let ...

A Texas hemp company is turning a very public jab from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick into a full-blown marketing campaign.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico ...

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law legislation passed during a one-day legislative special session that includes new ...

With a new law regulating solar salespeople, our Watchdog Dave Lieber thanks Gov. Greg Abbott and asks for more.

Abbott called the special session after vetoing Senate Bill 3, which would have banned THC products like Delta-8 and Delta-9 ...

Medical marijuana dispensaries fear they can’t continue to operate if Texas doesn’t agree to heavily regulate the hemp ...

Republican state representatives discuss what they expect to be done regarding the vetoed THC ban bill during the called ...