Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows confirmed the plans during a brief session Tuesday morning that marked another failure to ...

When Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session last month, he put legislation responding to the devastating Hill Country ...

A political standoff over redistricting continues in the Texas Legislature as House Democrats remain out of state, preventing ...

The Texas Senate’s packed floor session Tuesday wasn’t without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber’s ...

With Friday’s deadline approaching, Gov. Greg Abbott warns he’ll call lawmakers back immediately if Democrats don’t return.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would continue to call special legislative sessions until Democratic lawmakers who left the ...

Plus: Federalization takes hold in D.C.{beacon} TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT (R) said Tuesday he’ll call for another special ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling on the courts to hold former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke in contempt after the ...

Tuesday's walkout was another moment for Texas Democrats to speak out against the controversial proposed congressional maps.

House Speaker Dustin Burrows gaveled in the House on Tuesday and again there was no quorum. Only 95 members were present; 100 ...

A majority of Democrats in the Texas Senate walked out of the chamber Tuesday to protest the chamber’s congressional redistricting map as it advanced to ...