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Greg Abbott scolded by home state newspaper
Newsweek· 1 hour agoTexas Governor Greg Abbott was criticized by a home state newspaper for how he has dealt with the issue of education funding. Abbott spent more than a...
Tuesday is election day in Texas. What to know about the runoffs
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoIt's election time in Texas, and early voting is underway for the May 28 special election. As voters...
Texas House speaker primary lays bare the state GOP's power struggle
NBC Universal via AOL· 6 hours agoPhelan, who was first elected in 2014 and became speaker in 2021, has perhaps the most politically...
Texas runoffs put Republican Representative Tony Gonzales, state’s GOP House speaker in middle of...
The Boston Globe· 10 hours agoA Gonzales loss, his supporters warn, would give Democrats an opening to flip a traditionally...
Greg Barnes, son of former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, dies at 66
Austin American-Statesman· 3 days agoGreg Barnes was one of two children of Ben Barnes, who was elected lieutenant governor in 1968,...
Democratic group targets Texas state House races, seeking to take advantage of GOP feuds
NBC News via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoDemocratic group Forward Majority is planning an initial investment of $2 million in an effort to...
Voters get final word in contentious Texas House race
KTBS Shreveport· 4 hours agoTuesday is election day in Texas, the final day to vote in the hotly contested House of ...
Millions of dollars flooding Texas Speaker Dade Phelan’s runoff election
KXAN via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThis influx of money is particularly notable in the closely-watched race for House Speaker Dade...
Texas Republicans’ civil war; Trump’s closing arguments
The Economist· 9 hours agoThe speaker of Texas’s House of Representatives takes on a fellow Republican challenger in a run-off...
'Shut down the world': McCaul warns of global economic catastrophe if China invades Taiwan
Fox News· 2 hours agoHouse Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul is warning of dire economic consequences for the...