Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s 2025 State of the State address will air live across Texas Sunday, Feb. 2 on 14 television markets ...

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

Texas Democratic state House Rep. Mihaela Plesa, who handily won reelection in a traditionally Republican stronghold, gave the Democratic Party advice on how to rebound from bruising losses during ...

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

The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair Saturday as it tries to guide Democrats through Republican Donald ...

Under Texas law, only voters ages 65 and older may vote by mail without providing an excuse. The Texas Democratic Party and several voters went to federal court this spring to try to change that rule ...

The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows, is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other ...

(LARRY PROVART/Staff Photographer) His 1976 victory over Gerald Ford in Texas signaled the last gasp for a Lone Star Democratic Party already on the ropes. In 1968, Richard Nixon’s southern ...

Attendees at the 2016 Texas Democratic Convention in San Antonio (top) and the 2016 Republican Party of Texas Convention in Dallas (bottom) Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera / Bob Daemmrich Though ...

Democrats say the the decision by Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Lawrence Meyers to leave the Republican Party gives them something to build on for the 2014 elections. But GOP officials see no ...