Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender ...

The suit also asks a judge to order the PAC to “cease and desist from political advocacy in the state of Texas” until a ...

The GOP-led House and Senate are expected to pass an array of conservative priorities while Democrats play defense during the ...

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The Issue Is Trio was in Austin for the start of the session and sat down with representatives to talk about the future of ...

Since then, the vast majority of House speakers have been elected by acclamation or with more than 140 votes. Even Rep. Dade ...

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Donald Trump and the Texas attorney general have forged a friendship over the years, one that has been cemented in their ...

It was not without some tension and drama that Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was re-elected speaker of the U.S. House of ...

J, Drew Landry shares his takes on the recent election of Lubbock's State Rep. Dustin Burrows as Texas House Speaker.

The U.S. House of Representatives may again struggle to pick a speaker, and one veteran analyst is warning that a protracted election process wouldn’t bode well for market-moving matters that ...

Lubbock, was voted speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, elevating him to one of the most powerful positions in state ...