Rep. Lauren Ashley Simmons spoke out against Texas’ Senate Bill 8 during the state’s special legislative session last month.

The Texas Republican faces an expulsion vote stemming from his affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.

CHICAGO – In the middle of Texas’s latest political firestorm, state Rep. Venton Jones is helping lead the charge to defend democracy. As the first openly HIV-positive member of the Texas Legislature ...

Text messages appear to show Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales pursuing a relationship with his former staffer, Regina Santos-Aviles -- more than a year before she died by suicide. The messages were provided ...

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is facing rising calls to resign over racy text messages he sent to an aide who later committed suicide. Several Republican women and other colleagues called on the ...

Texas State Rep. James Talarico won the Texas Senate Democratic primary, booting left-wing firebrand Trump foe Rep. Jasmine Crockett from Washington, D.C. at the end of her term. Talarico took 53.1% ...