Texas Legislature
State Rep. Celia Israel on imagining a Democrat-led Texas House
For the first time since losing the Texas House in 2003, Democrats appear poised to break a 17-year trifecta of ...A 2020 priority: taking back the Texas House
National attention on Texas is focused on key congressional races and the weakness of President Trump and Sen. John Cornyn ...Texas GOP representative forgoes re-election after remarks about Asian opponents
On Monday, Republican State Rep. Rick Miller of Fort Bend made eye-popping comments accusing his primary opponents of running solely ...Texas GOP memo calls for negative campaign to distract from its diversity problem
A draft memo, obtained by Texas Signal and first reported by the Dallas Morning News on Monday, calls for a ...House speaker’s resignation reinforces ‘culture of corruption’ among Texas GOP
On Tuesday, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced he would no longer seek re-election, prematurely ending his time in the legislature ...State Senator Lucio isn’t a ‘real Democrat,’ says primary challenger
State Senator Eddie Lucio Jr., the most conservative Democrat in the Texas Senate, is facing off against two progressives in ...“She’s vile” and other nasty things GOP House Speaker said about Democrats
On Tuesday, the secret audio of a meeting between conservative Republicans was made public. Republican House Speaker Dennis Bonnen had ...Texas GOP civil war set to intensify as secret recording is released
The News On Thursday, far right-wing activist announced he is releasing the now infamous secret recording he made of a ...‘Republican scandal has claimed its first political victim’
On Friday, Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock resigned his position as chair of the House GOP Caucus amid an intensifying Republican ...GOP in-fighting continues around House Speaker’s resignation
Updated: House GOP caucus chair Dustin Burrows of Lubbock resigned Friday amid allegations he and Speaker Bonnen politically targeted 10 ...LGBTQ caucus responds to Speaker Bonnen’s alleged homophobic comments
The Texas House LGBTQ Caucus last week called out Speaker Dennis Bonnen for his alleged homophobic remarks made during a ...Texans are less than two weeks away from being able to deliver beer to their ...
Let’s give credit where credit is due. The GOP-led legislature passed and Gov. Abbott signed a new law, set to ...
