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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, concluding a bitter and intense power ...

In a dramatic two-ballot vote Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the title of speaker of the ...

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 ...

Tax season has just begun and property taxes are top of mind, as many have upcoming deadlines to pay property taxes.