A contentious vote Tuesday ended a months-long battle that divided Texas lawmakers. Lubbock Republican State Rep. Dustin Burrows won the vote for House Speaker. But some of his opponents believe

The veteran president of the Texas Senate and the new speaker of the House did not start out on the same page.

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

The self-proclaimed party of "law and order" has officially walked away from their values. With the release of nearly 1,600 people who cost taxpayers more than $30 million in repairs to the Capitol, attacked police and cost us more in investigations and trials,

A key part is the requirement that the GOP House Caucus demanded. Committee Chairs are to be members from the majority party in the House, currently Republican. But the rules state that Vice Chairs are to be members of the minority party, currently Democrats. HR 4 also requires the two leadership positions to work together.

Sid Miller, a Republican and Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture, posted on X on Thursday: "Hollywood is dying. Productions can't get out of California fast enough. Texas will benefit without subsidizing the folks that brought us woke, anti-Christian bigotry, socialism, transgenderism, etc."

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who has previously expressed concerns about the expansion of AI on the power grid, says there is "no daylight" between him and President Trump.

Republicans generally expected higher inflation than Democrats throughout President Joe Biden ’s presidency, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment survey. Still, from mid-2021 on, members of both parties said they thought prices would climb faster than the Federal Reserve’s annual target of 2 percent.

After successful campaigns for House allies, the governor is in a position to set an ambitious course for the legislative session.

Trump's Justice Dept. may drop the U.S. challenge to SB 4, but other plaintiffs have vowed to push forward against Texas' immigration law.

An army of automated bots mobilized late last year to attack state Rep. Dustin Burrows on social media as the Lubbock Republican campaigned in a hotly contested race to become the next speaker of the Texas House,

Speaking to the three top House Republican leaders over the past three days at the House GOP retreat here in Doral, Fla., revealed how President Trump is both the glue holding the fragile majority