AUSTIN — Texas House and Senate budget writers filed the first drafts of the next state budget Wednesday, calling for more ...

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

The Texas House will decide Thursday on its rules of engagement for the rest of the legislative session – a brisk battle over sensitive issues such as whether Democrats should lead committees, which ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows hasn't commented on whether he will prohibit the appointment of Democrat chairs. Against the ...

The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 ...

On the same day the Texas Senate filed its 2026-2027 biennium budget proposal, the Texas House filed a similar budget.

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.

The Senate version ( Senate Bill 1) calls for a total of $332.9 billion in spending from all funds, state and federal, with roughly 70% coming purely from state monies. The House version ( House Bill ...

Proponents of school choice in Texas argue it lets students attend schools that fit their specific needs, while critics claim ...

After weeks of Republican infighting and a tumultuous primary season that saw moderates face off against extremists in Texas’ ...

Top priorities for Republican leaders still include cutting property taxes and funding private school vouchers. In a statement sent out Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Senate Bill 1 ensures that ...

Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and ...