Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the city of Dallas over a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana, arguing it violates state law.

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.

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

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

The president-elect also announced new cabinet picks including Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald's CEO, Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary and Dr. Oz as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The weekend that was • Some of Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections — including Pete Hegseth for secretary of Defense and Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence c

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.

Republicans flipped the Texas House seat that has long been held by Democrat Abel Herrero. Experts weighed in on what it means for Texas politics.

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham pledged to support "the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation's history."

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.