Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows speaks Monday at a news conference at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, after the ...

Getting rid of STAAR is a popular idea among legislators. The Texas Education Agency has insisted the test is a reliable tool ...

The solicitor general of Texas has filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court in a lawsuit filed by Gov. Greg Abbott while ...

The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

The bold choice to “break quorum” will inevitably delay, but not halt, legislation that the Dems actually want to pass, like ...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said his group is putting its full weight to help Texas Democrats, who left ...

At least 50 Democrats from the Texas House have left the state in an attempt to prevent the passage of a new congressional ...

Texas Republican lawmakers returned to the Capitol without Democrats, who fled to block a vote on a GOP-drawn congressional map.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows called the chamber into session for a second day, but again lacked a quorum, with Democrats were absent in protest of redistricting proposals that flip five ...

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

More than 50 Texas House Democratic lawmakers left the state ahead of a scheduled 3 p.m. vote in the Texas House Monday.

Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Supreme Court this evening to declare vacant the seat of a key Democratic lawmaker, Rep.