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

The election of Rep. Dustin Burrows as Texas House speaker with help from Democrats has many Republicans crying foul.

The founder of a $20 million Republican PAC says he wants a GOP-backed Texas House speaker. But the decision must be left to ...

Obviously, Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton would rather have somebody run the House for their own selfish benefit. That’s why ...

Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, both of Texas, were the only Democrats to side with Republicans on Tuesday to pass ...

Texas Democratic Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar both sided with the Republican majority, and North Carolina ...

Democrats’ path to 270 Electoral College votes, the minimum needed to win the White House, will get much steeper.

Or whether, instead, wildfires are permitted to burn out of control.

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

The Texas Legislature meets every two years to introduce bills that it hopes will become law. Over 1,636 house bills have ...

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