Voters in 2024 voted a solid Republican majority into the Texas House. Most Republican voters likely expected the Republican majority to elect a politically powerful House Speaker. The 2025 Texas ...

State lawmakers in Texas have made progress in preventing and fighting wildfires since the Smokehouse Creek fire two years ...

Three months into President Donald Trump’s mass deportation undertaking, an ICE officer shot and killed a U.S. citizen in ...

Lawmakers will be holding the news conference in Plainview, Texas ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, along with several other state candidates and officials, visited Jefferson County on the campaign ...

Speaker Dustin Burrows said Texas Tech has established itself as a leader in advancing critical national security initiatives through its research and innovation.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that his Public Safety Office (PSO) has awarded $149 million to Texas Tech University to support the development of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) testing ...

Texas is investing $149 million in Texas Tech to expand EMP testing and cybersecurity research aimed at protecting critical infrastructure.

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President Trump has reiterated his endorsement of Texas House Speaker Burrows for re-election ahead of early voting. Here's ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows endorses New Mexico HJR 10, paving way for Lea County and others to secede and join Texas.

Greg Abbott will headline a Get Out the Vote event in Beaumont on Feb. 18, featuring key political figures. Attendees are ...