The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new ...

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are ...

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does ...

The Texas House of Representatives decided to ban members of the minority party from chairing committees in a vote on ...

New proposed bills aim to increase pay for all state employees and provide the first cost-of-living-adjustment for retirees ...

The Texas governor said the additional troops will work alongside federal border agents as part of Trump's efforts to seize ...

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will still give Democrats some say in legislation.

Accusations of self-dealing and defamation have flown between the Arizona Democratic Party's chair, Yolanda Bejarano, and ...

The Republican-led Texas House voted Thursday to bar Democrats from holding powerful committee chair posts, ending a longstanding tradition that members credited with fostering a bipartisan spirit ...