AUSTIN, Texas -- After multiple mass shootings across the country this week, Uvalde families gathered Tuesday as Texas legislators introduced four new bills that would tighten gun laws in the wake of ...

More than 800 new laws are set to take effect Sept. 1, bringing sweeping changes to the state that many Texans won't know about as the laws take hold. While many Texans see Sept. 1 as the start of ...

Several new Texas laws take effect Jan. 1, 2026, affecting taxes, immigration enforcement and evictions. Here's a breakdown.

Three people, including a 4-year-old child, were killed last week in a North Austin shopping center, in a state where the Legislature has repeatedly rolled back gun safety laws. As Austin-area ...

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Unless the older brother intended to shoot the younger, he should not be charged because he is also a child. It appears he was curiously looking at the gun. He may have been charged because someone ...