The latest defection, of a prominent county judge to the Republican Party, signals how much the region’s politics and ...

Lisa Gray is the op-ed editor and a member of the Houston Chronicle editorial board. Previously, she's held many of the ...

In June, the Republican Party of Texas included a referendum on Texas independence as part of its 2024 Legislative Priorities and Platform document. It would ask whether Texas "should reassert its ...

Members of the House Committee on Public Education clashed over the details of a school voucher bill — a topic that for the ...

The resolution presented at last weekend's executive committee meeting would have called on the Legislature to allot equal funding to Texas families regardless of whether they send their kids to ...

A new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds Texas voters broadly aligned with the overall agenda outlined by the governor, legislative leaders, and lawmakers, though there are stark, ...

A Republican official in Texas has beef with “liberal New York,” calling for a popular food item to be renamed. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced over the weekend that the Texas Senate will ...

Both Republican and independent voters reacted positively in the aftermath of Rep. Al Green’s disruption of President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress, which resulted in the Texas ...