The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new ...
Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...
New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...
Abbott’s one-hour address will begin at 5 p.m. and will be broadcast to potentially more than 25 million Texans.
New proposed bills aim to increase pay for all state employees and provide the first cost-of-living-adjustment for retirees ...
The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are ...
Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.
The bill, named for Laken Riley, a Georgia student killed by an immigrant, adds legislative muscle to President Trump’s ...
While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will still give Democrats some say in legislation.
(LARRY PROVART/Staff Photographer) His 1976 victory over Gerald Ford in Texas signaled the last gasp for a Lone Star Democratic Party already on the ropes. In 1968, Richard Nixon’s southern ...
Texas GOP Representative-elect Shelley Luther wrote on X: "Today, the RINO (anti-MAGA) Establishment laughed in the faces of our Republican grassroots. They chose Democrat chairs and Lobbyist buddies ...