The way the Texas House and most other legislative bodies operate, members can't just get up on the chamber floor and start making a fuss over things they don't like. Instead, they follow a genteel ...

A fiscal note for SB 2 from the Texas Senate said the legislation would allow about 35,000 students to attend private school ...

The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new ...

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

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

The governor’s State of the State address is key because it’s where he’ll declare his “emergency items” for the ongoing 2025 ...

There's also about $6.5 billion in additional money for property tax relief on top of what was passed two years ago. That may ...

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will ...

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

More housing, of any kind, can help bring down costs for everyone. Houston has done this and has seen a reduction in ...

House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1, Jan. 22. The proposals include billions of dollars for border security, property tax cuts, ...

Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.