Few things focus the mind of a politician, and political donors, more than a fundraising deadline. For three decades, a ...

These people normally don’t support state funds going to special interest groups, but they do in this case. Vouchers are also ...

The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock), is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other long sought conservative goals.

A key part is the requirement that the GOP House Caucus demanded. Committee Chairs are to be members from the majority party ...

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 ...

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

In the end, Rep. Burrows won. Texas won. The rule of law won. I am proud of the 36 Republican House members who stood up to tremendous pressure and voted for who they felt was best.

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

Texas budget plans focus on education reform, border security, and tax relief, with contentious funding for private school vouchers.

When Democratic lawmakers cast their votes for speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, the vast majority of them saw a clear ...