The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.

Houston was blanketed with layers of snow the morning of Jan. 21, pausing city services as residents and officials braced for ...

“I think we’ve made a huge difference,” the mayor said. After more than 50 years in the Texas Senate, Whitmire’s entry into the mayor’s office at Houston City Hall served as a radical ...

Sen. Charles Perry's plan would dedicate billions for new water projects but leave out stronger groundwater regulation, which ...

Both chambers set aside $1 billion for a voucher-like education savings account program — double what was on the table two ...

A contentious vote Tuesday ended a months-long battle that divided Texas lawmakers. Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin ...

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

When I did a roundup of former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner's tweets last year, I predicted that "time will tell if his successor, Sen. John Whitmire, will be even half as amusing." Talk about ...

SENECA — Oconee County residents and the people who represent them in the South Carolina General Assembly came together in ...

Flaws in the state’s emergency response system were laid bare by Hurricane Beryl last July. Residents of places like ...

This is a notion that’s also caught the interest of Gov. Greg Abbott. According to a story in the Houston Chronicle, Gov.