Agenda Texas

The Texas legislative session ends Monday, and there's not a bunch left for lawmakers to do between today and next week. No more bills can be voted on.…

There's a buffet of tax cuts lying before state lawmakers this session, and cut supporters say the state wins no matter what gets put on its…

The Texas constitution requires lawmakers to pass one bill each session: the state budget, which was under (rather lengthy) discussion last week in the…

Thursday morning at about 9:15, Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant became the state’s first legally married same-sex couple.You may have already heard…

It's about a month into the 84th Texas Legislative session, and this week saw the first cracks in any unified front among the state's Republican…

Two weeks ago Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick handed out his committee assignments, and, this week, House Speaker Joe Straus did the same. That means the…

This was supposed to be a fairly quiet week at the Legislature.For the seventh session in a row, Muslim groups from across the state came to Austin for…

Agenda Texas is KUT's weekly report on the Texas Legislative session. Each week we'll take a deeper look into the policies being considered and explain…

Agenda Texas is KUT's weekly report on the Texas Legislative session. Each week we'll take a deeper look into the policies being considered and explain…

The federal government shutdown is over, for now. But the battle over who gets the blame for the congressional meltdown will likely extend through the…