88th LegislatureTexas House ‘Sends a Message’: Appraisal Cap Reduction, Expansion Proceeds to Senate
After both chambers' plans passed overwhelmingly, the standoff between the House and the Senate is set to crescendo.
After both chambers' plans passed overwhelmingly, the standoff between the House and the Senate is set to crescendo.
The budget now moves to the Senate, where the upper chamber will make its changes before the legislation must be reconciled in conference committee.
This week — an improper committee recess requires a procedural fix, protests and rallies descend upon the Capitol, and a House Democrat criticizes the chamber's property tax plan.
After years of responding to individual ordinances, GOP legislators have an eye on passing a proactive preemption measure.
Tarrant County’s representatives in the Texas Legislature have held important chairmanships in past sessions and likely will again.
Commercial casinos are banned in Texas, but a political action committee funded by a Las Vegas corporation hopes to change that.
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced last year that she would not seek reelection after almost three decades in office.
This week — Sid Miller softens his tone with Gov. Greg Abbott after a recent tiff, Chip Roy wades into a school board race, and the House Democratic Caucus chair will not seek reelection.
A prominent Democrat in the Texas House lashed out at Gov. Greg Abbott after the governor tweeted about Rittenhouse’s acquittal.
The eleventh-hour bill authorizes public colleges to issue $3.3 billion worth of debt to finance building and renovation projects.
The Texas GOP has called on House Republican leadership to revoke chairmanships from truant Democrats and establish measures to prevent another quorum break.
House Democrats showed near-unified opposition to Republicans when they broke quorum in July, but now that unity is eroding.