Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender rights and gender-affirming care.

Javier Villalobos, the Republican mayor of McAllen, Texas, expressed concern that President-elect Donald Trump’s stance on illegal immigration could cause economic damage to the United States.

House Speaker Dade Phelan had been seeking his third session in the leadership role but dropped out of the race on Dec. 6. He ...

Sen. Charles Perry's plan would dedicate billions for new water projects but leave out stronger groundwater regulation, which ...

A bipartisan coalition elected Dustin Burrows as House Speaker. The Lubbock Republican defeated Mansfield Rep. David Cook.

The Texas House kicked off the 2025 session by electing ... He touted Cook’s work as a mayor and said he would preserve local control as well as seek input from other lawmakers if he is elected.

The Democratic Mayors Association will appoint Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb as its next president during its meeting on ...

The Republican mayor of McAllen, Texas is risking the wrath of President-elect Donald Trump by criticizing his mass deportation plan. ABC affiliate WFAA aired an interview with Mayor Javier ...

Long-simmering tensions within the Texas GOP are spilling ... a Dallas-Fort Worth-area Republican backed by the party’s hard right — even though, as mayor of Mansfield, he voted in favor ...

San Antonio is months away from choosing its next mayor, but the process of candidates putting their names in the hat has ...

A lively crowd of enthusiastic residents from all around East Texas cheered Monday as Texas ... is a DFW moderate who voted to ban fracking as mayor, has a dismal conservative voting profile ...

The biggest factor in the death tolls and damage costs from natural disasters probably is not climate change but population ...