It's easy to see how demoralizing it can be for Democrats in the Texas Legislature. Greatly outnumbered by Republicans, they ...

A procedural rule gave Senate Democrats a window to block a slate of Texas GOP bills, a rarity in the Republican-controlled ...

Blacks and Latinos have the same priorities as everyone else—schools, jobs and public safety.

Republican Dustin Burrows emerged from his first legislative session wielding the gavel with a laundry list of new ...

Blocking constitutional amendments is one of the last bits of leverage Texas Democrats have left after House Republicans this session undid the decades-long tradition of giving the minority party ...

Tensions flared and the debate turned personal as Republicans said their bill empowered parents and denied predictions that ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ... Sawyer Hackett, a Democratic strategist who works for various Texas Democratic clients, told ABC News on Monday that the seat vacancy comes "at a time ...

Critics of the new map call it “racial gerrymandering,” while proponents say the new map’s purpose is to strengthen ...