The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses the state of the redistricting bill that would add five more ...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said his group is putting its full weight to help Texas Democrats, who left ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows called the chamber into session for a second day, but again lacked a quorum, with Democrats were absent in protest of redistricting proposals that flip five ...

More than 50 Texas House Democratic lawmakers left the state ahead of a scheduled 3 p.m. vote in the Texas House Monday.

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Texas Republican lawmakers returned to the Capitol without Democrats, who fled to block a vote on a GOP-drawn congressional map.

At least 50 Democrats from the Texas House have left the state in an attempt to prevent the passage of a new congressional ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows gaveled in the House on Tuesday with only 94 members present. One hundred are needed to reach a quorum to conduct ...

The solicitor general of Texas has filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court in a lawsuit filed by Gov. Greg Abbott while ...

Texas and California are at the center of a national political power struggle that could reshape Trump's second presidency. And the battle could last months.