Turner, who spent nearly three decades in the Texas House and died last week, was remembered as a passionate Democrat ...

A bill by Dallas-area GOP Rep. Angie Chen Button, framed as a way to crack down on squatters, received pushback from dozens ...

Lubbock Area United Way said Wednesday that Speaker Dustin Burrows is championing a bill that would enhance the Texas 211 Information and Referral Network’s (TIRN) ...

Burrows, with Abbott by his side, called it a “monumental day” for the school choice movement. While the Texas House and ...

Governor Greg Abbott has named the issue an emergency item and listed it atop his legislative priorities. In Tuesday's House Education Committee hearing, the passion for and against the measure was ...

For the first time, Abbott and a Texas House speaker are aligned, at least publicly, on his vision to send public dollars to ...

There is no shortage of opinions about the time change. As in past years, new legislation has been filed at the Texas Legislature that could end this requirement.

Policy experts say housing affordability in Texas is nearing a crisis. According to the Texas Comptroller, 320,000 housing ...

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The outbreak is in nine counties in the southern plains. Three of those counties are in the district the speaker represents.

Aiming to jump start a long-dormant nuclear energy industry, a state House lawmaker is proposing to create taxpayer-funded ...