Texas House of Representatives

The committees were made to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and come as university faculty have come under online scrutiny.

Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the pressures of standardized testing.

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a judicial omnibus bill over a section that would have sped up the process of getting criminal charges expunged. The bill passed without that provision Tuesday.

Texas cities and counties have already had their budgets compressed by a variety of factors, including the state’s current property tax limits.

Senate Bill 8, which now heads to the House floor, would restrict which bathrooms in government buildings transgender people would be allowed to use.

As speaker, Phelan oversaw passage of numerous conservative priorities, but he gave up the gavel under pressure from the far right over the House’s impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.

It's been nearly two months since floodwaters tore through the Texas Hill Country, leaving more than 130 people dead.

Paxton accused Beto O’Rourke’s group of improperly funding the quorum break by Texas House Democrats.

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave the chamber.

Dozens of Democrats left the state earlier this month to block a redistricting plan that would add up to five GOP-held congressional seats in Texas.

Texas Democrat Nicole Collier said she won’t sign “permission slip” to leave the chamber, which would require accepting round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers.

Bo French has previously faced backlash from his own party for his online posts.