Amanda McLaughlin sat alone, hunched over in a wooden chair in the Texas Senate’s chamber. For the occasion, the 65-year-old Garland resident had picked out a purple coat and a dark blue maxi dress ...

With few options to prevent the Republican majority from passing a new congressional map, Democrats threatened to filibuster ...

President Donald Trump said he believes Texas can squeeze out five more Republican seats in the U.S. House to shore up the ...

Texas lawmakers start a 30-day special session July 21. They will tackle consumable THC, flood dangers, new congressional ...

President Donald Trump said he believes Texas can squeeze out five more Republican seats in the U.S. House to shore up the ...

Democratic senators spent hours questioning Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, as he prepares to chair the Senate’s committee on ...

James Talarico, a Texas state rep. and seminary student, is gaining fans in a party desperate for new leaders.

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton has filed for divorce from her husband, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, after 38 years ...

Senate Bill 1321, by state Sen. Brent Hagenbuch, R-Denton, aims to increase the salaries of certain Texas Commission on Law Enforcement positions, such as peace officers, to align with those of ...

Rep. Nate Schatzline, a hardline Fort Worth Republican, on Friday dropped his bid to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Kelly Hancock and endorsed conservative activist Leigh Wambsganss, a new ...

AUSTIN, Texas — (The Texas Tribune) State Sen. Joan Huffman, a Houston Republican who is one of the longest tenured members of the Texas Senate, announced her bid for attorney general on Monday ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Rep. Nate Schatzline, a hardline Fort Worth Republican, announced his bid Tuesday to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Kelly Hancock, who left the Legislature last week ...