At a Texas Tribune Festival event on Thursday, the Beaumont Republican said his opposition to Trump and his agenda informed his decision to give up the speaker’s gavel last year.

The House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that mandates the Justice Department to release all case files related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Texas asked the Supreme Court on Friday to halt a court order that threw out the state's redrawn House maps in time for next month's candidate filing deadline — arguing the new maps were driven by politics,

Democrats received good news this week about their chances in two Texas House races in seats won by President Donald Trump in last year’s election. Newsweek reached out to the Texas Democratic and Republican parties for comment via email.

A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from using a redrawn U.S. House map that touched off a nationwide redistricting battle and is a major piece of President Donald Trump’s efforts to

The U.S. Supreme Court justice at least temporarily paused a lower court's decision to throw out Texas' new congressional map to potentially add five seats for Republicans.

Dozens of new Texas laws will take effect in December and January, bringing wide-ranging changes to the state’s education system, law enforcement, taxes and more.

After a panel of federal judges last week struck down the new congressional map meant to give Lone Star State Republicans five red seats, Justice Samuel Alito allowed Texas to keep its map in place while the entire court considers the case.

A federal court Tuesday blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map in next year’s midterms, ruling that the map is likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

In 2009, Josh Reyna walked into the Texas Capitol for the first time as an intern. Sixteen years later, he’s running to represent District 49, which includes UT and West Campus, in the Texas House of Representatives.