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State Rep. Chris Paddie, chair of powerful state affairs committee, says he won’t run for reelection

The news comes less than a month after Paddie, who has represented House District 9 since 2013, announced he would run for reelection.

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After losing to a Democrat in 2020, former GOP state Sen. Pete Flores seeks election in newly drawn Republican district

Within hours, Flores got the endorsement of Sen. Dawn Buckingham, R-Lakeway, who is vacating the seat to run for land commissioner, and then Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who pre...

An air quality alert in effect for 8 regions in the area

Texas Senate

State Rep. Chris Paddie, chair of powerful state affairs committee, says he won’t run for reelection

After losing to a Democrat in 2020, former GOP state Sen. Pete Flores seeks election in newly drawn Republican district

Former state Sen. Pete Flores says he’s running for proposed Senate District 24

Texas Senate releases proposed redistricting maps as special session begins

First draft of Legislature’s map of new State Board of Education districts shores up Republican majority

Texas Senate opens redistricting debate with proposed map one senator labels “intentional discrimination”

Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill restoring the funding that he vetoed for the Texas Legislature and its 2,100 state employees

The Texas GOP lawmaker behind the abortion ban, voting restrictions bill and more

There’s no need to panic about “critical race theory” being taught in schools

Gov. Greg Abbott to convene third special legislative session Sept. 20, sets agenda

Bill makes it illegal for social media companies to ban Texans over political viewpoints

Texas Legislature adjourns second special session after passing more of Gov. Greg Abbott’s priorities

Texas Senate too late with hastily conjured bill allowing party officials to trigger audits of 2020 election

Social media companies can’t ban Texans over political viewpoints under new law

Texas House advances bill to restore money to pay salaries for 2,100 state workers after Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed Legislature funding

Texas Senate approves spending nearly $2 billion on border security

Texas Legislature to consider bill to definitively block local paid sick leave ordinances

Texas Legislature passes sweeping election bill and sends to Governor Greg Abbott for signature

GOP's so-called critical race theory bill advances as bill to restrict transgender student athletes stalls in House committee

Texas House passes election bill after Democrats delayed it by fleeing state

Texas House advances election bill after Democrats delayed it by fleeing state

Analysis: Texas lawmakers have two contentious voting fights ahead — if they can stay in the same room

OPINION: Back to work: Quorum in Legislature met, action on voting bill can begin

The threats of state troopers arresting House Democrats have yet to materialize

Texans with disabilities fear voting bill will add more barriers to the ballot box

One month after decamping for D.C., San Antonio legislators ‘at peace’ with fight for voting rights

Texas Senate passes voting bill after 15-hour filibuster by Democrat

Texas Senate Passes Republican Voting Bill, Overcoming Dem Obstruction

Texas Senate outlasts 15-hour filibuster by Sen. Carol Alvarado to pass GOP voting-restrictions bill

‘I am frightened by what is coming’: Texas hospitals could soon be overwhelmed by COVID-19 caseload, officials say

Forging ahead, Texas Senate committee again passes voting restrictions bill

Texas House, just shy of a quorum, issues order to lock members inside the chamber

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

With special session’s end looming, Texas Democrats and Republicans mull their next moves

The 44 Percent: Proud Boys photo op with police, Texas senate & race in Haiti

‘We needed a dose of Ms. Opal.’ Texas Senate honors civil rights icon from Fort Worth

Beto O’Rourke group gives $600,000 to Texas House Democrats’ stay in Washington, D.C.

Sixth Texas Democrat in Washington, D.C., tests positive for COVID-19

Texas Senate bill removes classroom requirement to teach that the KKK is ‘morally wrong’

Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll soon unveil plan to restrict transition-related medical care for transgender children

Analysis: Texas Democrats may find themselves in the wilderness of wandering public attention

Texas Senate advances bills limiting education about race, access to abortion-inducing medications. The House is still sidelined.

Texas Senate approves limits on transgender athletes, but bills are still in limbo

Behind the partisan drama lies a profoundly serious struggle over who gets shut out under Texas voting laws

Texans, where’s your Democratic lawmaker?

Texas Senate passes GOP voting reform bill after Democrats left the state to protest

More than 150 companies call on Congress to strengthen Voting Rights Act

What it means to break quorum and what you need to know about the Texas House Democrats’ dramatic departure

Texas Senate passes election bill that is stalled until House Democrats return

Senate presses forward passing GOP voting and bail bills, as Texas House in chaos over Democrats’ decampment

Texas Senate to honor Fort Worth civil rights icon Opal Lee

Live updates: Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Democratic Texas lawmakers opposing voting restrictions legislation

What's in the new voting restriction legislation introduced in the Texas House and Senate

Texas House attempting to reset on contentious elections bill with new author, new committee in special session

Here is what’s on Governor Greg Abbott’s agenda for Texas special legislative session

Tarrant County Sen. Jane Nelson will not seek reelection to Texas Senate in 2022

State Sen. Jane Nelson announces she won't seek reelection

Analysis: A majority of Texas voters isn’t enough to sway a Republican state government

Texas House Democrats and legislative staffers take Gov. Greg Abbott to court for defunding Legislature

South Padre Island kicks off summer season with fireworks displays

Gov. Greg Abbott wants lawmakers to target critical race theory in a special session, but is so far mum on details

Analysis: The 2021 Texas Senate, from left to right

2021: The Best and Worst Legislators

Kamala Harris to host White House meeting with Texas Democrats who blocked voting bill

Republican state Sen. Dawn Buckingham running for Texas land commissioner

Lawmakers' response to winter storm outages leaves out direct relief for Texans

Everyday Texans overlooked in state lawmakers' response to power outages during winter storm

Republicans say they won't pursue part of Texas elections bill in special session that would limit Sunday early voting hours

Senator Zaffirini passes 106 Bills during 87th legislative session

With feelings raw over voting bill's demise, Texas Legislature wraps up — for now

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to defund state Legislature after voting restrictions bill fails, threatening salaries

Texas Democrats abandon House floor, blocking passage of voting bill

Walkout by Democrats in Texas House of Representatives keeps sweeping voting curbs bill from passing

Democrats' defeat of Texas voting bill adds an asterisk to Republicans’ “most conservative” legislative session

Texas Democrats Walk Out, Stop Republican's Sweeping Voting Restrictions

Texas House set to consider GOP priority voting bill after sweeping changes made behind closed doors

Texas Republicans push forward strict voting rights bill after marathon debate