Abbott’s one-hour address will begin at 5 p.m. and will be broadcast to potentially more than 25 million Texans.

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

The veteran president of the Texas Senate and the new speaker of the House did not start out on the same page.

Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune “The Texas Democratic Party needs to remind the state of Texas and the nation what it means to be a Texas Democrat,” Plesa said in an interview.

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

Texas Democratic state House Rep. Mihaela Plesa, who handily won reelection in a traditionally Republican stronghold, gave the Democratic Party advice on how to rebound from bruising losses during ...

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

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

Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power ...

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