Ken Paxton sought more power for his office to take up election cases But lawmakers haven’t agreed on a measure that would ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sought more power for his office to take up election cases. But lawmakers haven’t agreed on ...

Bill giving Texas parents, school boards more control over library books heads to Abbott. Legislators on Saturday gave final ...

T he Republicans should pray for rain”—the title of a paper published by a trio of political scientists in 2007—has been an ...

Texas passed a bill redefining gender on state documents as the biological sex at birth, with potential impacts on the trans and intersex communities.

A procedural rule gave Senate Democrats a window to block a slate of Texas GOP bills, a rarity in the Republican-controlled ...

One of the most heavily contested debates of the House weekend marathon came over Senate Bill 10, proposing to mandate by ...

Senate Bill 12’s supporters say DEI programs use class time and public funds to promote political agendas. The proposal could ...

Poland is set to hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday between two candidates offering starkly different visions for ...

The Tarrant County Commissioners Court is set to vote June 3 on a controversial proposal to redraw precinct boundary lines — a move that has drawn sharp criticism from residents, local leaders, and ...

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The Texas House on Thursday gave the final stamp of approval to legislation authorizing roughly $8.5 billion in funding for public schools, sending the bill to Gov.