Texas Politics

By Andrew Schneider, Houston Public MediaRepublicans have dominated Congress for the better part of a generation. One of the main reasons is they’ve held…

The Texas Legislature is more than half over, so we wanted to make one more push to ask you what you're curious about regarding how things work at the…

When the legislature meets every two years, the only thing they're constitutionally required to pass is a state budget. This year, they've got a little…

Some of Texas’ 36 congressional districts violate either the U.S. Constitution or the federal Voting Rights Act, a panel of federal judges ruled Friday.…

For the last few weeks, we’ve been asking what you wanted to know about the Texas Legislature: how it works, why it works the way it does and what you…

The 2017 Texas Legislative session is underway. State legislators meet every other year for 140 days in a frenzy of debating (sometimes arguing),…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday joked about suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency one last time before President Obama leaves office…

Former Texas State Representative Sissy Farenthold is a longtime progressive political icon. Her career in politics began in her hometown of Corpus…

Donald Trump defied polls and many expectations on Tuesday night to win the presidency over Hillary Clinton, and his unexpected success has emboldened…

SAN ANTONIO –U.S. Rep. Will Hurd claimed victory in his re-election bid Tuesday night, becoming the first incumbent to hold onto the Texas 23rd District…