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The state senator representing Waco, Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, will not seek reelection to the District 22 seat he has held ...

Earlier this month, the Taylor County Republican Party voted to censure District 71 State Representative Stan Lambert, ...

Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor. Dustin Burrows, the speaker of the House. And then there is Paul Bettencourt. You may not know Bettencourt, the Houston Republican. But he has grown into the ...

The state’s GOP leaders have taken a hard-line stance against illegal immigration, but bills requiring the use of E-Verify ...