Former San Antonio teacher and Texas Representative James Talarico fights against school vouchers in the state.

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

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

Senate Bill 2 now heads to the House, where top officials say they have the support to create education savings accounts.

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

Nate Schatzline of Fort Worth was among local reps who complained about time spent honoring the music superstar. But not ...

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

Governor Abbott’s State of the State Address rolled out seven emergency items as well as a host of tone-setting policy signals. The emergency designation enables the legislature to bypass the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has big plans for Texas, and despite a lingering power struggle within the state Republican Party, most of ...

Mansfield Republican David Cook is taking the lead on legislation to fight “jugging” thefts, robberies targeting people near ...

FOX 7 Austin's chief political reporter Rudy Koski and our panel of analysts take a look at the top stories in Texas politics from this week.