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

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

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.

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.