The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professi ...

The Texas House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban Democrats from holding powerful committee chairmanships, answering years of mounting pressure from leadership and grassroots conservatives to chip ...

Johnson aide shares fears that subpoena could lead to relase of ‘sexual texts from members who were trying to engage in sexual favors’ with Hutchinson ...

Supporters say families should receive state support to send their child to a different school if public schools aren't ...

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

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

The measure, which would require that medical providers resuscitate infants born alive during abortions, has no path to enactment after Democrats blocked it this week.

Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez (D), whose district includes the city of Uvalde, introduced four gun safety bills following the 2022 Robb Elementary School mass shooting that left 21 p ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.