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HB 530, which passed on a vote of 94 to 51, would specifically allow an election judge with a gun license to have a handgun at certain election sites only while executing their duties.
While on a trip outside Texas, George W. Bush said the Republican Party he served as president -- from 2001 to 2009 -- has become "isolationist, protectionist and, to a certain extent, nativist".
A crowded congressional special election in Texas' 6th District could give Republicans a first look at Donald Trump's staying power in the party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, has died.
After nearly seven hours of debate, the Texas House has passed a Constitutional Carry bill by a vote of 84-56.
The Judiciary Act of 2021, introduced by a group of House and Senate Democrats on Thursday, calls for an expansion of the Court from nine to 13 justices.
With hundreds of people watching, four of the ten candidates running for Fort Worth Mayor discussed where they stand on the issues relating to businesses.
A former lieutenant governor of the State of Texas, David Dewhurst, is facing domestic violence charges after his arrest on April 13.
Texas police chiefs took aim at Constitutional Carry bills making their way through the state legislature and supported by the Texas Republican Party.
Major League Baseball's decision to relocate the 2021 All-Star game from Atlanta is far from a homerun for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
If confirmed, Santos, who is Mexican-American, would become the first person of color to serve as a permanent director of the Census Bureau, the nation's largest statistical agency.
Texas is among more than a dozen states backing Alabama's challenge to a statistical method the U.S. Census Bureau is using for the first time to protect the privacy of people who participated in the 2020 census.
The Bears beat the Gonzaga Bulldogs 86-70 last Monday night in Indianapolis to win their first national title in men's basketball.
Republican-controlled legislatures in Texas and across the country are adding new criminal penalties to their election laws. The changes come after record voter turnout for the 2020 elections.
"I have to commit a felony every day, and I've been at the Capitol all week telling the lawmakers that," a Bedford resident with a rare condition said as she tries to lobby to expand a program regarding medical marijuana.
