Lawmakers are pushing ideas more aligned with the party’s business-friendly approach and the Trump administration’s push to ...

Texas’ newest Republican megadonor Alex Fairly got a look under the hood of Texas’ far-right political machine, and didn’t ...

Texas hospitals are facing a freeze in billions of dollars in federal Medicaid funding under a budget proposal introduced by ...

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State Rep. Brad Buckley, a Republican from Salado, said the lengthy tests don’t accurately measure knowledge and place too ...

Before expected June 2 end of the Texas legislative session, a Republican group friendly to clean energy issued results of a ...

While Gov. Greg Abbott steps up his push for stricter bail rules, critics seek a balance between the rights of the accused ...

Senate Leadership Fund's poll shows that Sen. John Cornyn was at 40% to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's 56% ...

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