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

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.

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.

Warnings predicted both Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.

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.

Texas lawmakers will start working on their response to the state’s deadly flooding when they meet later this month in a special session. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) this week ordered the Legislature to consider a series of topics related to the storm, starting with improving and strengthening early warning systems and emergency communications.

Virts, formerly commander of the International Space Station, is running for a Senate seat in Texas as a Democrat.