Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.

The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new ...

More housing, of any kind, can help bring down costs for everyone. Houston has done this and has seen a reduction in ...

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

"We're going to pass it out before next Wednesday and we're going to send it over there like a rocket ship next week," ...

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

On the same day the Texas Senate filed its 2026-2027 biennium budget proposal, the Texas House filed a similar budget. The ...

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will ...

Speaker Dustin Burrows’ (R-Lubbock) bid for the top post in the Texas House of Representatives proved successful on Jan. 14, the first day of the legislature’s biennial regular session.

AUSTIN — The Texas House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban Democrats from holding powerful committee chairmanships, answering years of mounting pressure from leadership and grassroots conservatives ...

The Senate education committee will hear public testimony on Senate Bill 2, which would establish education savings accounts.