Abbott’s one-hour address will begin at 5 p.m. and will be broadcast to potentially more than 25 million Texans.

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

Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power ...

A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does ...

(LARRY PROVART/Staff Photographer) His 1976 victory over Gerald Ford in Texas signaled the last gasp for a Lone Star Democratic Party already on the ropes. In 1968, Richard Nixon’s southern ...

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

His 1976 victory over Gerald Ford in Texas signaled the last gasp for a Lone Star Democratic Party already on the ropes. In 1968, Richard Nixon’s southern strategy had already jump-started the ...

The bill, named for Laken Riley, a Georgia student killed by an immigrant, adds legislative muscle to President Trump’s ...

Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune “The Texas Democratic Party needs to remind the state of Texas and the nation what it means to be a Texas Democrat,” Plesa said in an interview.

Texas Democratic state House Rep. Mihaela Plesa, who handily won reelection in a traditionally Republican stronghold, gave the Democratic Party advice on how to rebound from bruising losses during ...

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...