The Texas Republican wants lawmakers to bar pretrial release to defendants accused of several violent offenses, which would need a constitutional amendment.

The main roles of the lieutenant governor are to preside over the Senate and step in if something happens to the governor. Gooch, 58, joins his Democratic Senate colleague Josh Mc ...

Decades after makeing it harder for people to successfully sue doctors and corporations, the influential group Texans for ...

Pablos' rival, Gina Ortiz Jones, has attacked him for being a one-time Abbott appointee who's backed by a PAC tied to the ...

The bipartisan version of the bill advancing in the House does not go as far as the Texas Republican has pushed in recent ...

State Rep. Jolanda "Jo" Jones said in a statement that the bill "is not about choice." "With Governor Greg Abbott's signing of Senate Bill 2—the voucher bill—Texas has officially sold out its ...

Georgia Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch is running for lieutenant governor. In his Thursday announcement, the Dahlonega ...

"I think this will be talked about for a long time," a former GOP Senate president said of the coalition that took over the upper chamber this legislative session.

"STARS will ensure that Montana schools can recruit and retain high-quality beginning teachers and bring about a brighter ...

Greg Abbott could be within reach ... Gene Wu of Houston, who leads the House Democratic Caucus, and Jolanda Jones, a Houston Democrat who Abbott called out by name at an event on bail reform ...

State Rep. Ellen Troxclair, R-Lakeway, filed HB 229, the Women’s Bill of Rights, which “defines what a woman is, recognizing ...