Straus is the wife of former House Speaker Joe Straus, who retired from office in 2019 after seven terms – five of them as ...

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This past weekend, the Texas Republican Party held a meeting that told rural Texans everything we need to know about who’s ...

Lawmakers say the committee will examine the state's preparation and response, along with the circumstances surrounding the ...

The bipartisan panels will be tasked with identifying strategies to improve the state’s disaster preparedness and examining actions taken at summer camps in the flood zone.

State leaders create committees to "get to the bottom of exactly what occurred" during the deadly July 4 flooding in Central ...

Texas lawmakers have formed a 10-person joint legislative committee to investigate the devastating July 4 Hill Country floods ...

Top Republicans in the Texas Legislature have announced the creation of committees tasked with “getting to the bottom of” the July flooding that killed more than 130 people, including 25 young girls ...

The Texas Senate and House committees will examine the facts and circumstances​ surrounding the deadly flooding.

The so-called “grassroots” censure campaign against Texas Republican lawmakers wasn’t a homegrown uprising of county ...

The ongoing rift between State Rep. Pat Curry and an out-of-state conservative activist is widening as the activist and his ...