Tony Gonzales of Texas takes leadership of Hispanic Republican group in U.S. House
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, is the first Texan to chair the Congressional Hispanic Conference, a group of House ...
Reeling Texas Democrats Get a Rare Sight: Their National Chair
Though victory in the state feels farther away than ever, some Democrats, including their new leader, say Texas could still ...
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Texas House committee assignments extend power of experienced GOP leaders
Republicans chair all committees, as promised, while Democrats will lead half of the newly created subcommittees.
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Former state representative Shawn Thierry lands job at Houston’s Texas Southern University
Thierry lost her re-election bid for Texas House District 146 in a Democratic primary runoff last May and then switched to ...
Texas Republican Party chairman speaking Thursday in Mineral Wells
The Palo Pinto County Republican Party will host the state party chairman on Thursday. Abraham George was elected to lead Texas Republicans from among six hopefuls at the state convention last May. He ...
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Casino and sports betting companies press for a win in Texas despite Senate opposition
With plenty of patience and money, the industry is extending its multi-year campaign to bring legal casinos and sports ...
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Speaker Burrows Remodels Texas House with All-Republican Chairs
The new leader of the lower chamber finally announced committee assignments, formalizing a new order in the lower chamber.
The Fringe Cause That Could Derail the Republican Agenda
Alongside the Club for Growth, such groups as Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform and the Koch Network’s Americans for ...
Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared
ProPublica’s analysis is the most detailed look yet into life-threatening complications under Texas’ abortion ban ...
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As Texas gets redder, John Cornyn could face toughest primary season of his career
Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has hinted at a possible run, has more support than the four-term senator among Republicans, ...
Gonzales aims to ‘turn up the heat’ as chair of Congressional Hispanic Conference
New Congressional Hispanic Conference Chair Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) plans to make the group of around a dozen Hispanic House ...
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Critics of Texas House leadership spent big in this year’s speaker’s race. They fought years for that chance.
A pair of lawsuits filed by allies of West Texas megadonor Tim Dunn shut down laws that banned outside spending in the House ...