Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the first 25 of 40 Texas Senate priority bills, outlining several hot-topic issues he says ...

After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...

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

Remember the mountain of campaign attack ads that filled our mailboxes last spring? Those glossy flyers reflected infighting ...

A leader who learned to keep promises, a chance at chairing committees, and what they see as more chances for a fairer ...

Federal officials have accused a North Texas homeowners association of discrimination for trying to kick out residents who ...

Federal officials accused a North Texas homeowners association of discrimination for ... a white supremacist organization ...

In a dramatic two-ballot vote on the opening day of the 2025 legislative session Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the Texas House speaker post and dealt a blow to ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually long and unusually public mudfight for the role. As expected ...

Aaron E. Martinez, Annie Rice USA TODAY NETWORK The next Texas House speaker will not be from Tarrant County. Rep. David Cook, a Mansfield Republican, lost with 55 votes to Rep. Dustin Burrows ...

The Texas Republican caucus had nominated state Rep. David Cook (R) for the role, but lawmakers voted 85-55 for Burrows, an ally of outgoing Speaker Dade Phelan (R). “The duty bestowed upon me ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed outgoing state Rep. Shawn Thierry, who recently switched from the Democrat to Republican party, to the state's juvenile justice board. Thierry was ...