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The Republican establishment wing of the Texas House won out as state Rep. Dustin Burrows grabbed the chamber’s speakership ...

The question of whether a state can protect children from pornography websites will be decided by the Supreme Court, which ...

The 89th Texas Legislature will convene Tuesday. Here are some of the members who will help shape state policies.

Before the Texas’s 89th Legislature began Tuesday, state representatives and senators had already filed over 2,300 bills, ...

No, states are not required to follow White House order to fly flags at half-staff in memory of former President Jimmy Carter ...

Former Kansas football coach David Beaty is the new head coach at Denton High School in Texas, the Denton Independent School ...

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump's picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies ...

Texas has a powerful new House speaker after years of escalating Republican infighting. Dustin Burrows won the job on Tuesday ...

Texas and 18 other states have recently enacted laws requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors.

The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing ...

A panel of federal appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to ...