These primary challenges come amid broad frustration with elected Democrats, including from their most committed voters, some ...

State Republican lawmakers will try to grow the GOP's control of Texas' seats in Congress through rare mid-decade ...

Texas State Senator Angela Paxton has filed for divorce from her husband, Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who ...

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The Republican governor laid out an ambitious agenda that includes an unexpected array of conservative bills that failed during the regular session.

W hile better-known Democrats are jockeying to see who might run for governor in 2026 against Gov. Greg Abbott, a farmer in ...

State Senator Brian Birdwell, who survived the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon to be elected to the Texas State Senate, has ...

Political newcomer Bobby Cole, an East Texas farmer and retired fireman, has become the first Democrat to launch a challenge for Gov. Greg Abbott's seat in 2026. "I'm concerned about the direction the ...

The move infuriated Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Senate, who had called the ban among his top five bills over 17 years in the Legislature.

Texas Gov. Abbott vetoes Texas THC ban, calls special session to regulate hemp Abbott’s veto leaves the state’s multibillion-dollar hemp industry intact for now.

Reelection could also propel Abbott in the 2028 Republican presidential sweepstakes, when the party picks a nominee to replace President Donald Trump.

Abbott has won a number of major legislative victories over the past couple of sessions, including a long-awaited expansion of school choice this year. His re-election next year is all but assured.