The Texas House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban Democrats from holding powerful committee chairmanships, answering years ...

The floor debate was about setting rules for the session in the state House. I was among 700 people in the hall to hear Donald Trump address the World Economic Forum in Davos. I wondered whether his ...

State Rep. Venton Jones says proposing to his partner sends a powerful message of resilience in the face of anti-LGBTQ ...

AUSTIN – Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ...

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.

Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers elsewhere have tried ...

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.

The Texas House ended its decadeslong tradition of awarding at least some legislative committee chairmanships ... The single-party chairmanship rule sparked a floor debate with some Democratic ...

Nine North Texas lawmakers raised six figures in December, led by Flower Mound Republican Sen. Tan Parker’s nearly $263,000.