Lawmakers are back in Austin for the 89th Texas legislature, and a lot of the same concerns from two years ago are going to ...

Sen. Mike Bousselot, R-Ankeny, said he will introduce a bill in the Iowa General Assembly to purchase the bottom nine ...

The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

Texas House members Tuesday afternoon elected Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock to one of the most powerful positions in state ...

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

In the lead-up to the Nov. 5 election, Attorney General Ken Paxton ramped up efforts to put his imprint on rules governing ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday with 85 votes in the 150-member ...

City governments in Fort Bend County are asking for more local control, property tax reform and support for economic ...

Texas has a powerful new House speaker after years of escalating Republican infighting. Dustin Burrows won the job on Tuesday ...

Sixteen politicians represent Tarrant County in the Texas Legislature. Several plan to focus on property tax relief and ...

(AP) — President-elect Donald Trump hosted 22 of the nation’s 27 Republican governors for dinner ... to be there for the people regardless of party.” One of the questions Trump answered ...

The Smith County Republican Women's Club will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 11:30 a.m. at the Potpourri ...