Lawmakers highlighted that suicide rates in Northeast Texas exceed the state average, urging lawmakers to address this issue during the current legislative session.
Rep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep.
Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure ...
These people normally don’t support state funds going to special interest groups, but they do in this case. Vouchers are also ...
New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...
The newly elected Texas House Speaker, Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock), is well positioned to bring school choice to Texas and achieve other long sought conservative goals.
While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will still give Democrats some say in legislation.
Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...
Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.
In the end, Rep. Burrows won. Texas won. The rule of law won. I am proud of the 36 Republican House members who stood up to tremendous pressure and voted for who they felt was best.