Venton Jones is not the first legislator to attempt ... So, without further ado, here is how the 89th Legislative Session went for Dallas’ representatives. All of these numbers were pulled ...

The 89th legislative session wrapped up Monday, concluding any business lawmakers have been working on for the past five ...

An unlikely group of Republican allies joined Democrats to approve repealing the ban, which has been unenforced since 2003. It is the first time the bill has made it to the House floor since it was ...

Venton Jones. We know that when we work together ... and government has no business in their bedrooms,” a Cruz spokesperson told The Dallas Morning News. Join more than 20,000 opted-in ...

This session, Texas lawmakers filed around 50 bills sparked by or following KXAN investigations on a wide range of important ...

A proposal aimed at repealing Texas’ unconstitutional ban on “homosexual conduct” has stalled at the end of the legislative session in the Senate, waiting weeks for a committee ...

The proposal, brought this session by state Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas, one of the chamber’s first Black gay members, passed in a 72-55 vote, with support from all Democrats and a handful of ...

"How is a renter ever supposed to recover from a mistake or delay?" State Rep. Venton Jones (D-Dallas) said the bill undermines fundamental due process by expediting the eviction process and ...

After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, Texas' 2025 legislative session has ended. In all, state legislators passed more ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a school funding package into law that he believes will put Texas on the path of being ranked number ...

Venton Jones, D-Dallas. And the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 has only raised fear that the Lawrence ruling could be reconsidered next. Following the Thursday vote, Jones told The Dallas Morning ...