The 89th Texas Legislature will convene Tuesday. Here are some of the members who will help shape state policies.

Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power ...

Why should you, an upright, law-abiding person, pay attention to the Texas Legislature? It is a mess in the same way Sodom ...

Texas state Rep. David Cook was voted the state GOP’s nominee for House speaker in December, but state Rep. Dustin Burrows ...

The Texas Republican Party has embraced a new class of evangelical conservatives whose goalposts continue to move further ...

The Texas Public Policy Foundation was once run by President Donald Trump's pick for agriculture secretary, and another ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will release his legislative agenda in a televised broadcast of his traditional early-session State of the State speech on Sunday, the governor’s office announced. The ...

Hours after being sworn in, President Trump fulfilled his campaign promises to crackdown on illegal immigration. The ...

A staunchly conservative Texas Legislature, poised to approve the agendas set by Republican state leaders, will convene ...

The Texas House of Representatives elected Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) as its next speaker of the house. The House voted 85-55 ...

Texas Legislature takes another step toward becoming a rubber stamp for Lt. Gov. Patrick and his billionaire donors.