Austin has been the capital of Texas since 1839, but did you know a brief ‘war’ nearly made Houston the seat of power in the Lone Star State?

While maps might have indicated that New Spain included much of what is now Texas, the Spanish, in fact, rarely controlled ...

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Donald Trump picked Penny Schwinn, a former TEA official, to serve as the next United States Deputy Secretary of Education.

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With the house floor as a backdrop inside of the Texas' Capitol, Dallas Representative Venton Jones (D) proposed to the first person he told he was going to run for office. Jones, asked Gregory Scott, ...

A real estate developer whose relationship with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was at the center of the Republican's ...

The Texas governor has long pushed for state lawmakers to end what he calls “easy bail policies” in places like Houston.

Some Texas Democrats in Congress plan to skip President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, while Republicans are ready to ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, was elected speaker of the Texas House on Tuesday, concluding a bitter and intense power ...

State Rep. Dustin Burrows beat out the MAGA-favored state Rep. David Cook by a margin of 85-55 with the help of 49 Democrats and 36 Republicans.