Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker. Each has ...

Abbott is set to discuss border security with President Trump Wednesday afternoon, the White House announced early Wednesday ...

Throughout his 10 years as governor, Abbott has experienced highs and lows in getting his agenda passed. Now, after a 2024 ...

With all eyes on Austin for the next few month, House Speaker Burrows talks about House and State goals for this session.

The governor’s list of priority items includes issues important to social conservatives and to business advocates.

Gov. Greg Abbott laid out seven emergency items – bills he wants to see passed as soon as possible – for Texas lawmakers to ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott insisted Monday that he would accept nothing less than a robust, universal school choice voucher ...

Top Republicans praised the Texas Senate's passage of "school choice" legislation as the proposal advances to the House where ...

Greg Abbott said he's optimistic his plan to ... there's a new Speaker who controls when a bill gets to the floor: Republican Dustin Burrows of Lubbock. When asked how confident he is that school ...

After seven hours of debate over Senate Bill 2 on the Senate floor Wednesday, the chamber suspended rules so lawmakers could ...

The veteran president of the Texas Senate and the new speaker of the House did not start out on the same page.

Just before Gov. Greg Abbott laid out his vision agenda for the state in a Sunday evening address, newly elected House Speaker Dustin Burrows discussed his priorities for the ongoing Legislative ...