Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker. Each has ...

This is the first time in decades that the Texas House won't have any members of the minority party leading any committees. Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as defense secretary 15 Most Underrated ...

Two days after the Texas ... Senate Committee on Education K-16, easily ushered similar legislation through the Senate, but attempts by legislators to pass a voucher-related bill in the House ...

The Texas Senate revealed a bill on Friday to create an education ... Brandon Creighton, a Republican from Conroe who chairs the Senate Education Committee, would provide families with $10,000 a year ...

according to the state House Member who filed the complaint. Rep. Cody Harris, R-Palestine, told The Texas Tribune on Tuesday that the commission dismissed the complaint against Texas GOP Chair ...

(The Center Square) – On the same day the Texas Senate filed its 2026-2027 biennium budget proposal, the Texas House filed a similar budget. The proposals are nearly identical, allocating more ...

AUSTIN – The Texas House ... who's also the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, agreed. "It's a good start. The intent is very good that the House and the Senate are starting to work ...

Notably, according to reports, Patrick and Sheridan had dinner together, and back in October, Sheridan told the Texas Senate Committee on Finance that their investment would influence the number ...

No matter the relationship between the state’s megapowers, expect some friction between the House and the Senate. After all, it’s the Texas Legislature, and bickering is part of the tradition.

The Texas House approved bills to legalize gambling in the state in 2023, but they were not considered in the Senate ... University’s Joseph D. Jamail chair in Latin American studies and ...

although most committee chairs in the Republican-controlled chamber will be unchanged from the previous session. Sens. Dawn Keefer (R-York) and Patty Kim (D-Dauphin), who both previously served in the ...

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he was “flabbergasted” Thursday by the decision to remove GOP Rep. Mike Turner (Ohio) as the chair of the ...