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Senate Bill 3070 would abolish the lottery's governing board but allow the games to continue under the authority of a ...

Amid scandals and lawsuits, lawmakers are moving to eliminate the Texas Lottery Commission and hand off its duties to another ...

That money would have needed to be returned to allow the agency to continue. Rep. Charlie Geren proposed a new 60-page version of the bill from the House floor Sunday, fine-tuning some of the ...

Doctors would not need to wait until a risk to their pregnant patient’s life is “imminent” or until the patient is physically ...

The Texas House on Sunday approved a compromise plan to spare the state lottery, but abolish the commission that oversees it. The bill, which passed the House with a 110-29 vote on second reading, ...

State Rep. Charlie Geren, the Fort Worth Republican carrying the House's version of Senate Bill 3070, said the legislation is an alternative to abolishing the 33-year-old lottery and offers it a ...

That bill passed the Texas Senate in mid-April. An amended version passed the Texas House, with a narrower margin than the ...

SB 31 aims to prevent maternal mortality under Texas' abortion ban after reports of preventable maternal death and increased ...

The changes do not expand abortion access in Texas and the bill does not list specific medical conditions that would count as ...

Texas lawmakers have advanced a bill to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S ...