State Rep. Josey Garcia of San Antonio, a Democrat and Air Force veteran, gave an emotional speech on the floor of the Texas ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will run for a fourth term of his influential role as lieutenant governor, he announced Friday, touting ...

After getting a much-coveted endorsement Thursday from President Donald Trump, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his reelection ...

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has officially announced his bid for re-election in 2026, marking another step in his decade-long ...

By banning THC, Texas politicians aren’t protecting children, they’re protecting a broken system. One that keeps people sick, ...

A bill that would ban all forms of THC, the psychoactive compound found in cannabis, is making its way through the Texas ...

The lieutenant governor has made expanding our film-incentives program—thus encouraging more moviemaking in the state—a priority for the Senate. But some say Hollywood doesn’t align with “Texas values ...

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's push to outlaw THC in Texas is ramping up as a House committee considers his bill to ban the substance ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is looking to make all THC consumables illegal in Texas. That would take a hemp industry that has grown ...

Advocates and business owners packed the Texas State Capitol to testify against two bills that could restrict or altogether ban hemp-derived THC products.

A 16-hour committee hearing was the latest in an ongoing legislative push to halt the proliferation of legal THC-containing ...