Texas House of Representatives

Hinojosa has a solid lead in polling for the Democratic primary for governor of Texas. But the Republican Abbott has over $86 million in his campaign to spend in his quest for a fourth term.

After weeks of speculation, Crockett officially filed to run Monday.

Filing for Texas’ 2026 primary election is open, and candidates are announcing their bids for Tarrant County-area offices.

Saturday’s decisions signal a deescalating intraparty tension that heightened at the start of the year.

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.