The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new ...

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

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

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does ...

Under the Texas Constitution, the House and Senate cannot pass legislation during the first 60 days of a regular session, ...

The bill, named for Laken Riley, a Georgia student killed by an immigrant, adds legislative muscle to President Trump’s ...

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.

In what was billed the most consequential election of our time, voter turnout in Dallas County fell flat. Politicians, activists and voting rights advocates expected the presidential election to ...

Will Texas House Republicans face censure following Speaker vote? Can they legally be removed from primary ballot?

Accusations of self-dealing and defamation have flown between the Arizona Democratic Party's chair, Yolanda Bejarano, and ...