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

Abbott's one-hour address will begin at 5 p.m. and will be broadcast to potentially more than 25 million Texans.

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

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

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

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

Texas Democratic state House Rep. Mihaela Plesa, who handily won reelection in a traditionally Republican stronghold, gave the Democratic Party advice on how to rebound from bruising losses during ...

The Texas House of Representatives decided to ban members of the minority party from chairing committees in a vote on ...

(LARRY PROVART/Staff Photographer) His 1976 victory over Gerald Ford in Texas signaled the last gasp for a Lone Star Democratic Party already on the ropes. In 1968, Richard Nixon’s southern ...

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 ...