Texas Legislature

For the second time, the Senate Nominations Committee met this week to approve the governor’s appointees — and for the second time, the Republican-dominated...

The Texas House Freedom Caucus, a hardline conservative group created in 2017, held a press conference announcing their legislative priorities, the top two is in lockstep with the Speaker, Lt. Governor and Governor. The group's membership has gone down from 12 to 11.

Sen. Angela Paxton's Senate Bill 860, based on a 2018 Arizona law, would grant broad powers to the attorney general’s consumer protection division. Laura Skelding...

Third in an ongoing series. Following the swearing in of Art Fierro (D-El Paso) earlier this week, there are now 28 freshmen legislators in the House...

The Texas House Committee on Insurance held their first meeting of the 86th Regular Session on Tuesday, Feb. 12. State Rep. Eddie Lucio III...

Earlier this morning, Governor Greg Abbott gave his biennial State of the State Address from the Texas Capitol. The State of the State Address...

First in an occasional series The 86th session of the Texas Legislature welcomed 34 new members last month, with 28 members sworn into the Texas House...

On Tuesday night, Chairman of the El Paso Community College Board of Trustees Peter “Art” Fierro was declared the winner of the Texas House District 79 special election. It was a low turnout election and Fierro avoided a runoff by 157 votes. Here's who Fierro is and an analysis of his campaign finances.

(Pictured: Dennis Bonnen, Credit: Bob Daemmrich, Texas Tribune) As Speaker of the Texas House, Dennis Bonnen (R - Angleton) has the responsibility of making committee assignments...

As the head of the Texas Senate, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has the responsibility of making committee assignments for its 31 members. Three days after Patrick was sworn in for a new term, his office released Senate committee assignments for the 86th Regular Session with few but notable changes to committee leadership and makeup.