It’s down to the wire for the two top Republican contenders for the Texas House Speaker race, with both candidates vying for the bi-partisan vote. Current House Speaker Dade Phelan and sophomore representative David Cook (R-Mansfield) are duking it out this week for both GOP and Democratic votes.

Texas could lose out on the most jobs of any state if Project 2025’s energy and climate provisions were fully realized, according to an Energy Innovation study.

Texas is quickly becoming the blueprint for how incoming Trump officials expect to work with states on border security – a stark pivot from recent years when it was the epicenter of a bitter feud between state and federal officials.

Early voting for several Central Texas runoff elections has begun and will continue through Dec. 10. Election Day is Saturday, Dec. 14. Here's a breakdown of the few runoffs happening in our area. There are three races Travis County residents will decide this election,

Starr County, Texas, voted predominantly Republican for the first time in a century. Now, it's central to President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plans.

Texas has offered President-elect Donald Trump a blueprint of its deportation operations, hoping to aid his immigration policies and border restrictions.

The state responsible for the $11 billion “Operation Lone Star” effort is looking to aid the president-elect’s proposed border restrictions.

Judge Tina Clinton narrowly defeated Republican attorney Matthew Kolodoski, according to race results from the Texas Secretary of State’s office finalized Nov.

State Senator Paul Bettencourt pre-filed seven bills largely aimed at past practices in Harris County. Six of them previously cleared the Senate in 2023 but died in the House at the end of the regular legislative session.

Voters in Austin City Council District 7 will choose their next representative at City Hall. Austinites will also decide an at-large AISD school board seat, and voters in Manor will pick their next mayor.

Austinites in north Austin will go back to the polls in December to once again vote for their pick in the Austin City Council District 7 race after no one candidate reached more than 50% of the

Almost every county in Texas swung toward Trump compared to the 2020 election. Statewide, 234 counties moved in Trump's direction, while only 20 swung to the left.