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

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

Feeding Texas called the plan to save $230 million by cutting SNAP benefits the largest rollback of food assistance in our ...

It is unclear whether the House bill could come back as an amendment to another measure before the legislative session ends ...

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

Cornyn requested the federal probe of the development last month, citing concerns it could discriminate against Christians ...

Conservative lawmakers say DEI efforts are discriminatory and push liberal ideologies on children. Critics point to research ...

But Texas isn’t the first big state to launch a universal private school choice plan. In 2023, Florida lawmakers expanded an ...

GOP spending hawks lobbed shots at the package for failing to do enough to rein in rising federal deficits. And Republicans ...

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House Republicans are heading into a blockbuster week for President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to stave off a revolt from any one faction of his ...

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, recounts his visit to a mega-prison in El Salvador on ‘The Will Cain Show.’ Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, recounts his visit to a mega-prison in El Salvador on ‘The ...