Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows — said Tuesday the Legislature will adjourn its current overtime session on Friday, and the governor will immediately call ...

The Texas Senate’s packed floor session Tuesday wasn’t without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber’s ...

The redrawn map shifts voters in Austin, Houston, North Texas and the Rio Grande Valley in hopes of creating five more Republican seats in the U.S. House.

Republican leaders say they will give it one more try on Friday to end a quorum break at the State Capitol. If the walkout by Texas Democrats holds, Gov. Greg Abbott says he will immediately call ...

Another key bill the Senate passed was SB 6, Protecting Unborn Children, filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Tyler, which prohibits ...

Texas House Democrats who left the state to prevent a vote on new congressional maps will return to Texas, feeling they have accomplished their mission of killing the first special session, raising ...

Republican's and Gov. Abbott criticize absent Democrats while advocacy group defends walkout, claiming flood relief funds could be released without special session. Democrats respond to criticism.

Texas Senate Democrats staged a walkout over a controversial redistricting measure, but Republicans still passed it 19-2.

When Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session last month, he put legislation responding to the devastating Hill Country floods at the top of lawmakers’ agenda.

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Tuesday that the chamber will conclude its first special ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows confirmed the plans during a brief session Tuesday morning that marked another failure to ...

Democrats in the Texas state Senate walked off the floor Tuesday without preventing passage of new congressional districts in that body. Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives fled to ...