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

The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new ...

New proposed bills aim to increase pay for all state employees and provide the first cost-of-living-adjustment for retirees ...

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will still give Democrats some say in legislation.

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

In what was billed the most consequential election of our time, voter turnout in Dallas County fell flat. Politicians, activists and voting rights advocates expected the presidential election to ...

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 ...