Republican lawmakers in North Texas introduced bills requiring public schools to allow students and staff to pray and display ...
Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.
Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power ...
Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...
There's also about $6.5 billion in additional money for property tax relief on top of what was passed two years ago. That may ...
Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.
The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are ...
The Texas House will decide Thursday on its rules of engagement for the rest of the legislative session – a brisk battle over ...
On the same day the Texas Senate filed its 2026-2027 biennium budget proposal, the Texas House filed a similar budget. The ...
A key part is the requirement that the GOP House Caucus demanded. Committee Chairs are to be members from the majority party ...
While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will ...