The new speaker of the 150-member Texas House said, downplays criticism from conservatives and says he's optimistic about the ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows sits down with FOX 7's Rudy Koski to talk about property tax cuts, school choice and the future ...

Texas Rep. Jon Rosenthal (D-Houston) offered his condolences to Turner early Wednesday morning. "He was a dear friend and an ...

A majority of registered voters polled, 63%, support a proposal to create Texas’ first Education Savings Account program, ...

The Legislature has tried to clamp down on renewable energy resources in the past, but many lawmakers are recognizing the need to support all types of generation to meet record demand growth.

What they’re all screaming about is, ‘We want regulation, but we want it the way we want it.'” By Jasper Scherer, The Texas ...

Turner, a Democrat, was sworn into his first term in the U.S. House in January. U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, was the former ...

He was two months into his first term representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District, the seat long occupied by Turner’s political ally, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Dustin Burrows earned the gavel on the first ... The Republican from Lubbock is the new leader of the Texas House. He defeated two other challengers, one Republican ...

Texas lawmakers have once more vowed to provide tax relief to property owners, and the House and Senate have so far agreed to ...

Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping ...