The 2019 session of the Texas Legislature is coming to an end this weekend as the House and Senate plan to vote on a grand bargain for public education funding and property tax "relief." Meantime, Beto O'Rourke now says it's time to start impeachment...

After a legislative session that had been focused like a laser on property tax relief and school finances, suddenly the "Save Chik-fil-A" bill, a "voter suppression" measure, abortion bills and more are on the move at the Texas...

The Texas Senate this week voted to make it harder for communities to get rid of Confederate statues and other monuments, but will this become law? Plus the tax plan that Gov. Greg Abbott guaranteed just last week would pass is now dead.  For a...

Gov. Greg Abbott this week promised that when this legislature completes its work, property owners in this state will see lower tax bills than they received this year. Even some conservatives said it might be his "read my lips" moment....

This week, eight of the Democrats running for president made their pitch in Houston at Texas Southern University. Jeremy was there. In Austin, the debate over taking a softer stance on marijuana heated up as the Texas House delved into the issue....

With more and more people in the Texas Capitol community hoping Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will receive a plum appointment in the Trump Administration, the Texas Senate’s presiding officer faced off with Democrats in dueling press conferences about the...

With Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at his side, President Donald Trump took a brief tour of Texas as former San Antonio Mayor and HUD Secretary Julian Castro rallied his troops in his bid for the White House. Plus, a plan to raise sales taxes in exchange for...

Now that the Texas House has approved a major school finance overhaul, what happens next? Meantime some self-described conservatives are attacking GOP leadership including Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as "too liberal." Really? Oh, and...

After months of talk from Republican leadership in Austin about how they're all on the same page when it comes to property taxes and school finance, those issues are finally moving through the process. But now it seems there's a rush to pass something...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has begun to strike a very different tone in his governing style and in speeches. Why's that? Plus, Beto O'Rourke raised a mountain of money as he kicked off his campaign and support for a ban on red light cameras seems to be...