The trial lawyer from Lubbock has served in the House since 2015, slowly building his stature and overcoming a scandal in ...

House Speaker Dade Phelan had been seeking his third session in the leadership role but dropped out of the race on Dec. 6. He ...

SCOTUS heard arguments regarding Texas' age verification law in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton on Wednesday. The outcome ...

The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

The Texas House on Tuesday elected Rep. Dustin Burrows as its next speaker, elevating a conservative Republican and former top House deputy who has sought to rein in local Democratic elected officials ...

A&M’s President Welsh issued a statement to faculty and staff at Mays Business School late Monday night. “Texas A&M does not ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden Administration during its final hours to prevent President Joe Biden’s ...

Donald Trump and the Texas attorney general have forged a friendship over the years, one that has been cemented in their shared political and legal struggles and their willingness to come to each ...

AUSTIN — Real estate investor Nate Paul, whose ties to Attorney General Ken Paxton led to impeachment charges in 2023, ...

When President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom last spring to face a slew of criminal charges, he was joined by ...

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