Abbott's one-hour address will begin at 5 p.m. and will be broadcast to potentially more than 25 million Texans.

Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power ...

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...

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

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are ...

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

The bill, named for Laken Riley, a Georgia student killed by an immigrant, adds legislative muscle to President Trump’s ...

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.

"This may be the first time in our nation’s history where the minority party openly elected the speaker of a legislative ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday in the culmination of an unusually ...

Will Texas House Republicans face censure following Speaker vote? Can they legally be removed from primary ballot?

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 ...