Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton are vying to be the tougher candidate on Democratic lawmakers who left ...

Republicans and Democrats are both claiming victory after it was becoming clear that a special legislative session will come ...

Lawmakers are now framing their ability to prevent new maps from passing during one special legislative session as a victory.

Reports have suggested the absent lawmakers are considering a return to Texas, while a statement from the caucus insists a ...

Texas House Democrats who left the state to prevent a vote on new congressional maps will return to Texas, feeling they have ...

A judge in Illinois denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce civil arrest warrants for the absent Texas ...

TX-18, once held by civil rights icon Barbara Jordan and most recently by Sylvester Turner, has been vacant since the former ...

Democratic lawmakers in Texas once again thwarted the Republican redistricting effort in the state when the Texas House of ...

Plus: Federalization takes hold in D.C.{beacon} TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT (R) said Tuesday he’ll call for another special ...

On Monday, Abbott will speak with CBS News Texas political reporter Jack Fink live during the 5 p.m. newscast about the ...

More than 50 Democratic legislators left Texas to block a GOP effort to redraw congressional lines. Abbott said he'll find ...