Polling conducted by McLaughlin and Associates, which has worked for President Donald Trump, showed that Abbott saw a 5-point ...

Texas lawmakers took up a bill on Wednesday that would ban consumable hemp products containing THC. But despite the committee ...

The Texas House Public Health Committee heard testimony Wednesday on legislation that would restrict hemp-derived products, ...

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If a quorum is not met in the Texas House on Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows have confirmed they ...

We're prepared to bring this battle back to Texas under the right conditions and to take this fight to the courts,” said ...

Law enforcement officials say the hemp industry is not adequately regulated and the stores selling the products pose a risk ...

Burrows set a deadline, Friday, for Democrats fleeing the Lone Star State to protest GOP-and Trump-backed proposed ...

The Senate’s decision signals another potential standoff with Gov. Greg Abbott, who vetoed a similar ban earlier this year as ...

The governor appeared to walk back his calls last month for lawmakers to regulate the state’s burgeoning THC industry like it ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, in advocating for a ban on intoxicating THC products, offered details in recent interviews on what he’d like to see in legislation addressing THC laws.

The Texas Senate has once again passed legislation that would ban THC. But this time, the sponsor of the bill says he addressed the concerns Gov. Greg Abbott raised when he vetoed a THC ban during the ...