New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair positions. This change breaks a long-standing tradition in the chamber — and ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Republican from Lubbock, has been elected Speaker of the Texas House after a nasty fight within the ...

Democrats in the Texas House just helped elect a Republican Speaker, their leader says without any political horse-trading.

Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the ...

The Texas Senate and House filed their respective versions of the 2026-2027 state budget on Wednesday. The two versions are ...

The first order of business for the session was to elect a new Speaker of the House – a hotly contested struggle, especially ...

The suit also asks a judge to order the PAC to “cease and desist from political advocacy in the state of Texas” until a ...