Michael Richardson speaks with State Representative Jay Dean (R-Longview) and State Representative Cole Hefner (R-Mount ...

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

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell's departure drove home the difficulty of advocacy in higher education, faculty ...

Although individual names were removed from the admonishment, the Gulf Coast Young Republicans called for the resignation of ...

Republican Steven Hotze asked a federal judge to stop the start of a civil trial accusing him of instigating the assault of ...

Galveston County's newly sworn-in sheriff, Jimmy Fullen, promised to somehow end Jeep Weekend, a notoriously rowdy annual ...

Tracy Sorensen was appointed Dec. 19 to the 278th District Court, which presides over civil and criminal cases in the ...

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Clark County Commissioner-elect April Becker is ... While Becker’s November election as a Republican candidate breaks a hegemony held by Democrats since 2009, the attorney said she will aim ...

In a move that further cements the Republican stronghold in the Florida House, State Rep. Hillary Cassel has switched her party affiliation ... opposition in Broward County's House District ...

An online debate over high-skilled immigration between Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and MAGA evangelists reveals Donald Trump’s Republican Party is grappling with growing pains as it prepares to ...