For several years, the Republican-dominated Texas Legislature has worked to erode the power of the state's increasingly left-leaning metropolises. But Austin, a longtime liberal bastion and the seat ...

The vote suggested that a period of political warfare between G.O.P. factions would continue to shape lawmaking in the state.

Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) believes the Speaker’s race is being influenced by outside sources who want to control the ...

Texas has a powerful new House speaker after years of escalating Republican infighting. Dustin Burrows won the job on Tuesday ...

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 ...

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 ...

A contentious vote Tuesday ended a months-long battle that divided Texas lawmakers. Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin ...

AUSTIN — Newly elected Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, struck a conciliatory tone in his victory speech after ...

Abraham George’s comments are the latest sign of the state GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center ...

The Texas Republican Party has embraced a new class of evangelical conservatives whose goalposts continue to move further ...

Patrick is the first major Republican official in Texas to say he supports clarifying the state's near-total abortion ban ...

State lawmakers are preparing to debate legislation that could shut down the sale of all forms of THC in Texas.