Sheldon Whitehouse will give his 300th floor speech on climate on Wednesday, less than a week after Congress rolled back clean energy incentives.

Gov. Abbott has added new items to the Legislature's special session agenda stemming from recent flooding events. Here's what to know.

A Friday afternoon tweet from Laura Loomer may give a closer reading into the MAGA tea leaves than it appeared at first glance, not just because of the right-wing provocateur's close connections with President Donald Trump,

Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to add flood response to the agenda for the July 21 special session, with an expected focus on alert systems and local recovery.

Tomas G. Pollard was an attorney and legislator elected as a state representative in 1919 and then a state senator in 1921. While a senator, Pollard sponsored legislation focusing on education, small business, oil and gas production and consumer protection. He was also chair of the finance committee.

According to a poll released by the Texas Politics Project at UT Austin last month, 17 percent of Texans said political corruption is the biggest problem facing the state.

About two weeks after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) vetoed a bill that would have put a statewide ban on consumable hemp products with any traces of THC, the governor on Wednesday announced that two specific hemp-related issues will be on the agenda for a special legislative session set to begin later this month.

U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt will start running new campaign ads in the Dallas market Saturday, an indication the Houston-area Republican could be edging closer to