The vote suggested that a period of political warfare between G.O.P. factions would continue to shape lawmaking in the state.

The new speaker will have a dramatic impact on the direction of this year’s lawmaking — and potentially the future of the ...

The Court of Criminal Appeals will rehear a case it threw out last year. Three of the judges became targets of Attorney ...

Texas Christians in the House voted against oil billionaires Wilks and Dunn's religiously conservative brand of politics.

After an unprecedented two rounds of voting, Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected as the next Speaker of the Texas House on the ...

House Speaker Dade Phelan had been seeking his third session in the leadership role but dropped out of the race on Dec. 6. He ...

The Texas House kicked off the 2025 session by electing an establishment Republican to lead the chamber, drawing criticism ...

Texas has a powerful new House speaker after years of escalating Republican infighting. But the election deepened divisions ...

Burrows bested challenger David Cook (R-Mansfield) in a runoff vote on the first day of the Texas Legislature in Austin.

That is not the way hard-line Republicans want it. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton listens to Republican Party of Texas Chair Abraham George speak at the headquarters for Texas Scorecard ...

A Republican Texas House member is calling for the state party chair to be investigated, alleging that he illegally threatened and intimidated lawmakers who are not supporting the party’s ...