Laws are made by the politicians we elect democratically – we may not agree with the law but there are democratic opportunities to change it. In a democratic society someone charged with a crime ...

Thanks to Schoolhouse Rock, you might already know how a bill becomes a law over in Washington ... Typically by that point, the Legislature has already made up its mind on the policy and whether ...

Newt Gingrich vowed to apply the country’s laws to Congress. Now early backers are looking back on the Congressional Accountability Act.

Postnatal care coverage required One of the new laws taking effect Jan. 1 was actually passed in 2021, and made changes to private and public health coverage. Among its provisions, health plans ...

It’s made up of the 150-member House of Representatives and the 31-member Senate, which spend about five months in Austin every two years to write new state laws and pass our biennial budget.