With the Texas House legislative committees filled out, the stage is now set in the lower chamber for legislators to get to ...

The Texas Legislature voted to make a big change in how they conduct business. The Texas House of Representatives adopted new rules for this legislative session that prohibit the appointment of ...

Nearly every member of the Breakfast Club, an informal band of fiscal hawks, was doled out a chairmanship at the start of the new Congress.

Lottery Questions – Concerns about a huge jackpot lead to tough questions for leaders of the Texas lottery. Senators accuse lottery leaders of enabling money laundering. We speak with Austin ...

The chairmanships afford each senator the power to set the agenda, deciding what bills get brought before the committee and which hearings are scheduled. The coveted subpoena power, meanwhile ...