State Rep. Daniel Alders (R-Tyler) said Senate Bill 38 will streamline the eviction process for Texas landlords while ...

SB 38, sponsored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt and Rep. Angie Chen Button, was passed during the 89th Texas Legislative Session to ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - An East Texas home caught fire early Monday morning, according to the Longview Fire Department.

A new Texas law in 2026 aims to speed up the eviction process with shorter timelines, quicker eviction notices, and ...

Texas’s new "Rocket Docket" laws aim to end the squatter nightmare, but some Houston property owners remain trapped in legal ...

AUSTIN, Texas — As we flip the calendar to January and 2026, several new laws will take effect across Texas. They have to do with everything from insurance, immigration, AI, taxes and more. One ...

Mark Melton, founder of the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center, after which the Houston organization is modeled, said the legislation originally proposed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, and Rep.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — While several Texas laws will come into effect on New Year’s Day — one law updating tenant-landlord relations will likely have a wide-sweeping impact. Senate Bill 38 — initially ...

A raft of new state laws will take effect Thursday, Jan. 1. One of the most significant is Senate Bill 38, a measure that supporters say will make it easier to remove squatters from homes and ...

About one in every 11 renter households in Bexar County had an eviction case filed against them last year, according to a new report. Landlords filed 27,012 eviction cases in the county in 2024, ...

Amarillo College has released a statement following a Potter County judge’s ruling in December ordering Sharpened Iron ...

More than 30 new laws went into effect in Texas this month, covering areas from artificial intelligence, gender and ...