School voucher supporters say they have the votes to get a bill across both the Texas Senate, led by Patrick, and the House, ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday declared private school voucher legislation his top issue for the legislative session ...

Donald Trump has built close ties to many Texas Republicans, from judges to elected officials to policy experts.

Republicans nearly ran the table in state House races, shoring up Governor Abbott’s school voucher majority for the 2025 ...

Speaker Dade Phelan, the Beaumont Republican who leads the House, is seeking a third term as speaker but faces a challenge ...

But the Republicans who were elected are more conservative as a whole and more and more supportive of Texas Gov. Greg ...

House Speaker-designate Daniel Perez has announced his leadership team for the coming legislative term. The Miami Republican ...

Polls closed at 7 p.m. and early voting results are in for Tarrant County’s seven contested races for the Texas House and Senate.

Neither Speaker Dade Phelan, nor his current opponent Rep. David Cook, have enough public support yet from the GOP caucus to ...

On Thursday, the jostling to hold the speaker’s gavel resumed with insurgent candidate Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, saying ...

Republican state Rep. Angie Chen Button, 70, won a ninth term in the Texas Legislature, defeating Democratic challenger ...

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