New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair positions. This change breaks a long-standing tradition in the chamber — and ...

Lubbock Rep. Dustin Burrows on the House floor shortly after securing votes needed to lead the chamber. Every legislative ...

The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 ...

On the same day the Texas Senate filed its 2026-2027 biennium budget proposal, the Texas House filed a similar budget.

Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and ...

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.