Tuesday marks the unofficial beginning of the 89th Texas legislative session as lawmakers begin filing some of the bills they hope reach Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk next year. Lawmakers in the Texas House ...

With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto ...

With their success at the polls on Tuesday, Texas Republicans are poised to run the table in the Legislature. But internal fights are probably ahead.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday declared private school voucher legislation his top issue for the legislative session ...

Most of the newly elected Republicans were self-described “reform” candidates who believe leadership changes are needed after ...

Neither Speaker Dade Phelan, nor his current opponent Rep. David Cook, have enough public support yet from the GOP caucus to ...

But the Republicans who were elected are more conservative as a whole and more supportive of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s school ...

Polls closed at 7 p.m. and early voting results are in for Tarrant County’s seven contested races for the Texas House and Senate.

On Thursday, the jostling to hold the speaker’s gavel resumed with insurgent candidate Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, saying ...

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