Cornyn picks top Abbott operative to manage re-election campaign

Two Democrats and 14 Republicans will chair the upper chamber's committees.

The new House speaker discussed school finance in an interview with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith in Lake Jackson.

The idea of tying a portion of funding to test scores appeals to some who want to improve student performance, but it enrages educators who say it will encourage teaching to the test.

Texas leaders are promising property tax relief during this year's legislative session. It's unlikely that will lower your taxes, but it might slow future increases.

We're livestreaming our conversation with House Speaker Dennis Bonnen in Lake Jackson.

The Texas House wants to give the state prison system $160 million more to help care for inmates. The Senate wants to cut funding.

The court ordered Austin to pay a fine to the state for each day it prevented investigators from the attorney general's office from carrying their firearms.

The board, which is all white, will shift five of its seats to single-member districts in a bid to add more representation for people of color.

Analyzing groundwater monitoring data that power companies are now required to report to the federal government, the Environmental Integrity Project found that groundwater under 16 Texas coal plants had unsafe levels of contaminants including arsenic. The pollution is linked to disposal pits for spent coal.