Lawmakers are pushing ideas more aligned with the party’s business-friendly approach and the Trump administration’s push to ...

Texas’ newest Republican megadonor Alex Fairly got a look under the hood of Texas’ far-right political machine, and didn’t ...

Despite soaring power demand, Republican lawmakers in the Texas Legislature are pushing to rein in renewable energy, part of ...

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A raft of social conservative priorities backed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hang in the balance, including efforts to infuse more ...

Texas hospitals are facing a freeze in billions of dollars in federal Medicaid funding under a budget proposal introduced by ...

Before expected June 2 end of the Texas legislative session, a Republican group friendly to clean energy issued results of a ...

State Rep. Brad Buckley, a Republican from Salado, said the lengthy tests don’t accurately measure knowledge and place too ...

The state’s standardized test would be replaced with three smaller tests taken throughout the school year through House Bill 4.

Senate Leadership Fund's poll shows that Sen. John Cornyn was at 40% to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's 56% ...

While Gov. Greg Abbott steps up his push for stricter bail rules, critics seek a balance between the rights of the accused ...

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