The Republican-led Texas House voted Thursday to bar Democrats from holding powerful committee chair posts, ending a longstanding tradition that members credited with fostering a bipartisan spirit ...

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair positions. This change breaks a long-standing tradition in the chamber — and ...

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

Supposedly, civil war has broken out in the Texas Republican Party. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, was a monumental day in the state of Texas. For the first time in recent memory there was going to be a ...

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 ...

Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the ...

The suit also asks a judge to order the PAC to “cease and desist from political advocacy in the state of Texas” until a ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows is elected Texas House Speaker, winning with support from Democrats, amid GOP internal tensions.

Soon, the Texas GOP will unleash its agenda for 2025. We don’t know how the new administration will affect Texas lawmaking. Will the Republican-led state Legislature be emboldened to bring the ...

The 89th Texas Legislative Session has convened in Austin, Texas, for 2025. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are expected ...

Since then, the vast majority of House speakers have been elected by acclamation or with more than 140 votes. Even Rep. Dade ...