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T exas lawmakers appear to have turned a new leaf on a previously failed effort to ban THC, with the Texas House now ...
Currently, the sale of such products is allowed, at least at the federal level, by a loophole in the 2018 farm bill that ...
The expected debate over Senate Bill 5, a legislative crackdown on the Texas hemp industry, was put on hold Monday after the ...
Governor Abbott called a special session to debate an issue many lawmakers had thought over in early June. "Feels a little ...
Just weeks after the governor vetoed a bill banning products containing THC, state senators revived it in the special session ...
Senate Bill 5 would ban products containing any detectable amount of any cannabinoid, creating criminal offenses for ...
Blaise Gainey, who covers the statehouse for The Texas Newsroom, said Democratic lawmakers are considering taking steps to ...
Senate Bill 5 is nearly identical to the one Gov. Abbott vetoed just last month. Before the special session began, the ...
Nobody tell the Legislature, but Texas sort of does have legal recreational cannabis. Let's hope it stays that way.
A GOP senator is threatening to hold up a major spending bill unless changes are made to provisions that would currently ban ...
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick speaks at a press conference at the Texas Capitol on Monday, June 23, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Patrick hosted a press conference in response to Texas Governor Greg ...
Abbott, a Republican, vetoed a similar ban in late June, saying the bill harmed the state’s agricultural industry and opposed ...