Lawmakers here and in Washington have long debated ending the practice of changing the clocks twice a year. Texas lawmakers ...

The Legislature has two chambers — the 150-member House of Representatives and the 31-member Senate. Everyone in Texas is ...

After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...

After hours of debate on the Texas Senate floor, families are now one step closer to an opportunity to use state money to ...

Abbott can claim, at least partially, that he helped bring more than a dozen new GOP members into the Texas ... the United States as a child by his parents, Wu was elected chairman of the House ...

Welcome to our guide to the 89th Regular Legislative session. We’ll walk you through who makes up the Legislature, how laws ...

The Senate education committee will hear public testimony on Senate Bill 2, which would establish education savings accounts.

It’s Groundhog Day in the Texas Legislature. Patrick, who presides over the Senate, is miffed because Burrows needed crucial support from Democrats to best Mansfield Republican Rep. David Cook, who ...

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

With all eyes on Austin for the next few month, House Speaker Burrows talks about House and State goals for this session.

The easy part is over. The Texas House will next take up "school choice" vouchers, an emergency item for Gov. Greg Abbott.

Patrick may not like it, he may criticize it, but ultimately it’s what works in the House, not what works in the Senate, that’s going to keep Burrows as speaker.” Members of the Texas House ...