Despite running unopposed in Texas House District 21, Speaker of the House Dade Phelan could face a challenger from his own ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan escaped a May primary runoff defeat by the skin of his teeth, but the Beaumont Republican’s ...

House Speaker Dade Phelan survived an unusually tough and bitter GOP primary challenge Tuesday, positioning himself for a ...

Neither Speaker Dade Phelan, nor his current opponent Rep. David Cook, have enough public support yet from the GOP caucus to ...

It's no secret that the former president has castigated both Texas Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Texas House Speaker ...

On Thursday, the jostling to hold the speaker’s gavel resumed with insurgent candidate Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, saying ...

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Arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana have decreased since the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office announced it would no longer prosecute the cases in August 2019. But a Miami ...

SWEETWATER - Advocates for better public transportation in Miami-Dade County are raising concerns about the high costs associated with free municipal trolley services. According to an analysis by ...

John Cornyn and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, also a Republican, as "RINOs." That's politi-speak for "Republicans in name only." Cornyn is running to replace Kentucky's Mitch McConnell as the ...