The state Senate budget committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would reorganize and shrink the state's Cannabis Control Commission and update limits on retail licenses.

A Senate plan to take up a major appropriations package on the floor the week of Nov. 17 is looking increasingly like a long shot.

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act.

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa.) held a hearing Tuesday on agriculture competition issues. Francis Chung/POLITICO A lack of competition is boxing farmers and small agricultural companies into decisions some would rather not make — including what kind of seeds to plant, an agribusiness executive told lawmakers Tuesday.

Texas lawmakers form bipartisan committee on college free speech after Charlie Kirk assassination. The first hearing on Thursday addressed campus intimidation, pledges $1M for expansion efforts.

House Republicans blast a last-minute provision in the Senate-passed government funding bill allowing senators to sue over the "Arctic Frost" probe.

House Republicans are pushing to repeal a provision in the shutdown-ending funding measure that would allow senators to earn a significant amount of money from litigation challenging the seizure

The panels were formed after reactions on campuses to the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk that some viewed as celebrating or mocking his murder.