Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the ...

Both proposed budgets earmark $1 billion for a school vouchers program. The Texas Senate and House filed their respective ...

The Texas Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint against the state Republican Party Chair alleging that he illegally ...

The suit also asks a judge to order the PAC to “cease and desist from political advocacy in the state of Texas” until a ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Republican from Lubbock, has been elected Speaker of the Texas House after a nasty fight within the ...

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Texas House and Senate budget writers filed the first drafts of the next state budget Wednesday, calling for more than $150 ...

House Bill 1 proposes $335.7 billion in state and federal spending, including $154.1 billion in general revenue spending.

The first order of business for the session was to elect a new Speaker of the House – a hotly contested struggle, especially ...

On Wednesday, the Texas House and Texas Senate unveiled their 2026–2027 budgets, signaling key priorities such as property tax cuts, school choice, and border security that Texas lawmakers will ...

Two Tarrant County Republicans debated the merits of education savings accounts, the top priority for Gov. Greg Abbott in 2025.