-
Abraham George is running to lead the state party with backing from current Chair Matt Rinaldi, who announced last week he will not seek reelection. He was not arrested or charged.
-
The Texas Republican Party is facing internal turmoil. Some lifelong conservatives say the GOP has become too extreme. Who will they vote for on election day?
-
The party’s executive committee also formally censured House Speaker Dade Phelan on Saturday.
-
The two feuding Republicans were the top two finishers in a November special election to succeed expelled state Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, in House District 2.
-
The Texas Nationalist Movement says it plans to sue the state Republican Party after it rejected a petition to include a "TEXIT" question on the March primary ballot. The party says the signatures were turned in after the deadline, and many were invalid.
-
House Bill 1 includes funding for school safety and salary raises for teachers. But the measure’s most controversial provision, one creating a school voucher-like program, was stripped from the bill on Friday afternoon.
-
The third round of legislative overtime kicked off in Austin Monday as the hostility between the lower and upper chambers continues to grow.
-
If passed, the bill would give parents of children in public school $8,000 for private school-related expenses.
-
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Senator Paul Bettencourt signaled potential friction with the House over the lower chamber’s proposal to use an appraisal cap to hold down property tax growth.
-
Texas lawmakers this year will debate whether to block transgender kids’ access to transition-related health care, classify businesses that host drag shows as sexually oriented establishments and limit public school lessons on sexuality and gender identity.