The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new ...

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

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

The Texas House of Representatives decided to ban members of the minority party from chairing committees in a vote on ...

Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.

More housing, of any kind, can help bring down costs for everyone. Houston has done this and has seen a reduction in ...

On the same day the Texas Senate filed its 2026-2027 biennium budget proposal, the Texas House filed a similar budget. The ...

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

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AUSTIN – The Texas House and Senate released their proposed budgets for 2026 and 2027, and lawmakers told CBS News Texas they liked how similar the two chambers' spending plans are. "It's ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, with help from state Reps. Todd Hunter and Jared Patterson, has gotten past a key hurdle with the adoption of new rules governing committees in that ...