Houston state Rep. Dan Huberty, who spearheaded Texas’ 2019 public education overhaul in Legislature, to retireEarlier this year, Huberty was arrested in Montgomery County after he crashed his car into another vehicle and failed a sobriety test. The lawmaker was driving home from ...
Texas House passes proposed new map for chamber’s 150 districts, aiming to protect Republicans’ majority for the next decadeMembers considered more than 50 amendments to the proposed map during debate that began Tuesday and ended early Wednesday. Some of the biggest changes focused on Dallas a...
Texas House proposes map that increases Republican strength and decreases Black and Hispanic majority districtsThe Texas Legislature is in the midst of its third special session, which is dedicated to redrawing political maps based on the latest census data that showed people of c...
First draft of Legislature’s map of new State Board of Education districts shores up Republican majority
Texas Legislature adjourns second special session after passing more of Gov. Greg Abbott’s priorities
Texas House advances bill to restore money to pay salaries for 2,100 state workers after Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed Legislature funding
Texas law enforcement deputized to round up absent House Democrats, intensifying battle in the lower chamber
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan signs 52 arrest warrants for absent Democrats in bid to end chamber’s weekslong stalemate
Texas Supreme Court denies Democrats’ request to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s veto of Legislature’s funding
GOP leaders say they’ve secured an extra month of funding for Texas Legislature to plug money vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott
A tale of two capital cities: Texas Democrats continue fight for voting rights in Washington as Republicans push them to return
Deploy law enforcement? Call another special session? Texas GOP mulls options for elections bill after Democrats leave the state
Texas House attempting to reset on contentious elections bill with new author, new committee in special session
Texas House Democrats and legislative staffers take Gov. Greg Abbott to court for defunding Legislature
Speaker Dade Phelan once criticized anti-LGBTQ efforts. Now he’s signaling support for a bill targeting transgender Texans.
