A bipartisan bill to strengthen requirements for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Texas passed the Texas ...

On June 19th, 1999 then Governor George W. Bush signed the Safe Haven Law, also known as the Baby Moses Law, making Texas the ...

Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000-page budget proposal. The move comes two years after they ...

In an effort to support the more than half a million Texas children lacking child care, the Legislature is considering ...

For Mother's Day, the Texas Senate should pass a bill that would invest $100 million in childcare scholarships.

The Texas Senate unanimously passed legislation Wednesday to outlaw AI-generated child sexual abuse material in a move ...

From 2018 to 2023, more than 75 Texas children died within a year of being on a safety plan or dubbed in “immediate danger,” sometimes in the care of the same person who agreed to the plan. They ...

LUFKIN — Child marriages in Texas could end this year, as state lawmakers debate a proposal that would close a loophole from a 2017 law that allows certain 16- and 17-year-olds to wed.

Texas. Hull authored a bill that would make it easier for parents to seek vaccine exemptions for their children. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)(Michael Wyke / AP) AUSTIN — Legislation designed to make ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Texas families are facing a growing child care crisis, and it's hitting low-income, working households the hardest. Advocates say relief may be on the horizon. The ...

I once thought fewer dead children would be important ... but that has not been the case. The Texas Legislature is again considering gun safety bills. Those who testify before legislative ...