While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will still give Democrats some say in legislation.

When Democratic lawmakers cast their votes for speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, the vast majority of them saw a clear ...

Rep. Romero, a Democrat from Fort Worth, explains why he voted for Speaker Dustin Burrows.

The Texas Republican Party has embraced a new class of evangelical conservatives whose goalposts continue to move further ...

Miriam Adelson of the Dallas Mavericks and Sands and TIlman Fertitta of the Houston Rockets and the Golden Nugget want to ...

After a year of Texas Democrats and Republicans using religious rhetoric to win elections, far-right lawmakers empowered by ...

The trial lawyer from Lubbock has served in the House since 2015, slowly building his stature and overcoming a scandal in ...

Three Tarrant Democrats and three Republicans supported Dustin Burrows, while four Republicans stood behind David Cook.

Lawmakers will debate the future of public education, find ways to spend nearly $200 billion in tax money and wrangle over ...

Clark, who was a juvenile at the time of the shooting, will serve 40 years in prison before he is eligible for parole.

In a dramatic two-ballot vote Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the title of speaker of the ...