When Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session last month, he put legislation responding to the devastating Hill Country floods at the top of lawmakers’ agenda.

I just want to find 11,780 votes,” President Donald Trump told Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during a ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is taking on what he calls a “no regrets strategy,” saying he must “fight fire with fire” in ...

Texas filed a motion for contempt Tuesday against Beto O'Rourke for violating a temporary restraining order barring him from ...

The Texas Senate’s packed floor session Tuesday wasn’t without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber’s ...

The redrawn map shifts voters in Austin, Houston, North Texas and the Rio Grande Valley in hopes of creating five more Republican seats in the U.S. House.

"If we still do not have a quorum on Friday, the House and the Senate will sine die this session, and the Governor will immediately issue a proclamation for a 2nd called special session," Texas ...

Democratic lawmakers from Texas say they’re considering their options amid reports they could return to the state as soon as ...

Republican leaders say they will give it one more try on Friday to end a quorum break at the State Capitol. If the walkout by Texas Democrats holds, Gov. Greg Abbott says he will immediately call ...

Another key bill the Senate passed was SB 6, Protecting Unborn Children, filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Tyler, which prohibits ...

It is now Week 2 of the Texas redistricting standoff, and a number of Democratic lawmakers who want to stop a vote that could give Republicans five more seats in the U.S. House are still holed up in ...

Texas House Democrats who left the state to prevent a vote on new congressional maps will return to Texas, feeling they have accomplished their mission of killing the first special session, raising ...