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

(LARRY PROVART/Staff Photographer) His 1976 victory over Gerald Ford in Texas signaled the last gasp for a Lone Star Democratic Party already on the ropes. In 1968, Richard Nixon’s southern ...

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

The bill, named for Laken Riley, a Georgia student killed by an immigrant, adds legislative muscle to President Trump’s ...

His 1976 victory over Gerald Ford in Texas signaled the last gasp for a Lone Star Democratic Party already on the ropes. In 1968, Richard Nixon’s southern strategy had already jump-started the ...

Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune “The Texas Democratic Party needs to remind the state of Texas and the nation what it means to be a Texas Democrat,” Plesa said in an interview.

Texas Democratic state House Rep. Mihaela Plesa, who handily won reelection in a traditionally Republican stronghold, gave the Democratic Party advice on how to rebound from bruising losses during ...

In a dramatic two-ballot vote Tuesday, Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock clinched the title of speaker of the ...

Will Texas House Republicans face censure following Speaker vote? Can they legally be removed from primary ballot?

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...