Section 8 vouchers are supposed to help the poor reach better neighborhoods. Texas law gets in the way.

House Speaker Joe Straus said the unusual decision was meant to ensure lawmakers didn't rush to a decision they might "regret."

The case was being challenged in the Austin-based 3rd Court of Appeals.

The Legislature voted last year to end straight-party voting for the 2020 elections. After a tough night for some down-ballot Republicans, some are wishing they'd done it sooner.

The Republicans at the top of the statewide ballot in Texas won their elections this year, but it was the state's least-populated and most-ignored counties that put them over the top.

U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela of Brownsville is one of more than a dozen Democrats who claim they have the votes to deprive Nancy Pelosi of another term as House Speaker. They might be right.

Nearly 500 water utilities across the state tested positive for atrazine — a weed killer — which can lead to harmful health effects, according to a new report. The Environmental Working Group also found that utilities are testing water during times when the herbicide isn't being used as much — and that they may be lowballing the results.

Bush presides over the School Land Board, which has feuded with the State Board of Education over the disbursement of hundreds of millions of dollars from Texas' education endowment.

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler and at least two incoming members of Congress – Chip Roy and Ron Wright – said they supported Jordan, who lost to McCarthy in a secret ballot vote, 159-43.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Base Camp Donna in South Texas Wednesday, weeks after President Trump dispatched thousands of active-duty forces to the border in anticipation of a Central American migrant caravan.