Texas County Commissioners: Whose Paychecks Are Getting Bigger?
If you were able to give yourself a raise, would you? County commissioners have that power and, in Travis County, are voting later this...
House Budget Reflects Priorities On Schools, Border Operations
The Texas House Appropriations Committee on Monday passed a $337.4 billion substitute version of the budget for...
Hardworking Republicans? GOP Representatives Caught Playing in Capitol
In the midst of one of the most thrilling special legislative sessions of recent years, Rep. Briscoe Cain was caught playing with card boxes...
Texas Children can be charged with prostitution thanks to a veto from Greg Abbott
Children in Texas under the age of 17 cannot legally consent to sex, but they can be charged with prostitution, thanks to a veto...
One Year After El Paso Shooting, Victims Remembered, Texas Gun Laws Considered
One year ago today, 23 people were killed at a Walmart in El Paso. People throughout Texas and beyond are remembering the lives lost...
Bill Delaying Texas Primaries Sent From Senate to House
Texas has a clock problem in 2021 because the state is almost certainly going to have to redraw district lines based on the results...
Former Dem Caucus Chair Calls for Democratic Unity in Texas Legislature
In an open letter to Texas Democrats in the state legislature, former Democratic Caucus chair Trey Martinez Fischer believes Democrats will have a chance...
Ft. Worth Republican Files for Newly Vacant Senate Seat
Fort Worth Republican Rep. Nate Schatzline on Wednesday announced that he is running to fill a Senate...
Editorial: Are Abbott, Patrick, and Phelan Changing Their Tune in the Aftermath of the...
Texas is finally emerging from the deep freeze of last week when the fragility of the Texas energy infrastructure was exposed to the world....
Texan-Sized Budget Surplus Brings Big Decisions For The 88th Legislature
The 88th Texas legislative session kicks off today, and unlike past sessions, lawmakers will be granted a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity, as a $32.69 billion budget...
