You’re easily looking at another million dollars for what we have to replace,” said Briggs on their election equipment, which was purchased in 2019.

Will Texas House Republicans face censure following Speaker vote? Can they legally be removed from primary ballot?

The Court of Criminal Appeals will rehear a case it threw out last year. Three of the judges became targets of Attorney General Ken Paxton over another ruling and lost reelection.

AUSTIN — The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new speaker after a month-long divisive battle among Republicans. Burrows won the speaker's race by a vote of 85-55.

SCHERTZ, Texas – The runoff election for the Place 4 seat on the Schertz City Council is on the ballot this weekend. Schertz residents will choose between Timothy Dusek and Benjamin Guerrero. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

House Speaker Dade Phelan had been seeking his third session in the leadership role but dropped out of the race on Dec. 6. He’d faced scrutiny from some within the GOP for his leadership, including the appointment of Democrats as committee chairs – a long held House tradition – and the House’s impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The speaker election ends a multi-month fight within the Texas Republican Party that began last legislative session.

From debating school vouchers and improving the state's water supply to reining in property taxes, the GOP-led body will look to pass its conservative priorities amid fighting within the party.

Collin County appointed a new elections administrator. The elections department has been praised as a model for running elections — but it still faces fraud accusations.

In the lead-up to the Nov. 5 election, Attorney General Ken Paxton ramped up efforts to put his imprint on rules governing elections in Texas and other states.

including election integrity bills, new laws on school vouchers and the banning of what they term "critical race theory" in higher education. Texas Republican Party infighting, which has been ...

The speaker election ends a multi-month fight within the Texas Republican Party that began last legislative session when then-Speaker Dade Phelan broke with Gov. Greg Abbot's school voucher agenda.