Turner served in the Texas House for four years and was also executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council in the first Trump administration.

Republican Jay Furman said he did not appear on some voters' ballots in Texas' 28th Congressional District election against Henry Cuellar.

In November elections, states that approved measures around the right to abortions were Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York. Nebraska voters rejected a measure to establish the right to an abortion and approved a ban on second- or third-trimester abortions except in medical emergencies or cases of rape or incest.

The 2024 election ended badly for Texas Democrats. They were at a disadvantage from the start and it got worse, one election analysis reveals.

Texas Democrats are sorting through what went wrong for them after their shining hopes turned to ash in November — and what it means for their long-term plans to take power. The party was

That means that Texas could pass school choice legislation as early as January or February 2025. Texas's legislative session begins Jan. 14, and while normally new bills can't pass within the first 60 days of the session, Abbott could name school choice an " emergency item " to allow it to pass sooner.

Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks have raised eyebrows, but tapping former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon to be the U.S. Secretary of Education has experts in public education concerned.

Texas is offering a parcel of rural ranchland along the U.S.-Mexico border to use as a staging area for potential mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump.

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is offering the incoming Trump administration 1,402 acres it purchased along the Texas-Mexico border.