Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected new Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ...

Two Democrats and one Republican have announced they are running for speaker of the Texas House, vying to unseat the current ...

After Republicans won races statewide, especially in South Texas, the chair of the Texas Democratic Party, Gilberto Hinojosa, ...

Trump won Texas convincingly with 56.2 percent of the vote, 13.8 percentage points ahead of Democratic candidate Kamala ...

(The Center Square) – Ahead of the U.S. Senate choosing its new majority leader, several Republican and advocacy groups in ...

With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto ...

The Legislature meets biennially, meaning lawmakers have had a full year to brainstorm ideas for new legislation. Only a few ...

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A powerful House Republican was detained at an airport just outside of Washington, DC after mixing a sedative and alcohol ...

With their success at the polls on Tuesday, Texas Republicans are poised to run the table in the Legislature. But internal fights are probably ahead.

The Find Out PAC also criticized the court's decision in Zurawski v. Texas, a lawsuit brought by two OB-GYNs and 20 women who ...