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

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

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.

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

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.

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...

The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 ...

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

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

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 ...

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