Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker. Each has ...

By print deadline Wednesday, the Texas Senate was poised to pass a school voucher bill that would offer $10,000 to students ...

With all eyes on Austin for the next few month, House Speaker Burrows talks about House and State goals for this session.

There are dozens of committees in the Texas Legislature that specialize in different subjects. However, they can be broken up ...

Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.

Gov. Greg Abbott said he's optimistic his plan to spend tax dollars to send some students to private school will make it ...

After seven hours of debate over Senate Bill 2 on the Senate floor Wednesday, the chamber suspended rules so lawmakers could ...

The way the Texas House and most other legislative bodies operate, members can't just get up on the chamber floor and start ...

Gov. Greg Abbott said cutting taxes is a top priority, however, state lawmakers don’t have as much money to plug into tax ...

He has covered state politics for 36 years, 27 of them as owner of the Quorum Report, a subscription-only website that trades ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says universal school choice must be approved. He backs new public school funding for teacher pay ...