A new Texas law taking effect September 1 will make it harder for small groups to block property development by zoning protests. Lawmakers hope it will also help ease the housing shortage.

Texas House Democrats in Illinois say they are committed to staying out of their state until the special session ends August ...

Friday afternoon, members of the Texas House registered their attendance at the start of a scheduled session. The sound of a ...

The energized crowd showed up to support the Texas House members who left the state at the start of the week as part of their ...

Texas Democrats on Saturday again prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward with a Trump-backed ...

The response to the July floods could bring improvements to the way Texas handles death investigations. We look at how new ...

The order came at the request of AG Ken Paxton, whom O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a "fishing expedition ...

Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the ...

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition is standing with Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to halt a redistricting vote.

Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose.

Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows and Attorney General Ken Paxton said they filed a legal complaint in California.

House Democrats in red states across the country are at risk as the redistricting arms race heats up. Texas Republicans’ ...