House Democrats are teeing up a caucus election on June 24 to fill the party's top job on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, vacated by the late Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, according ...

Bills that would return prayer, the Ten Commandments and the Bible back into Texas classrooms heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's ...

A Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has been given sweeping powers to overhaul the federal ...

The Texas House passed Senate Bill 10 on Sunday. It now goes back to the Senate for concurrence before advancing to Gov. Greg ...

The Memorial Day weekend was not a holiday in the Capitol as lawmakers were making a last-ditch effort to complete their work ...

Ronnie Dugger, crusading journalist, has died at age 95 in Austin. He was the founding editor of the Texas Observer.

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The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

In an exchange in the state legislature, two representatives clashed over a plan to display posters of the commandments in classrooms.

Democrats declined to support Senate Joint Resolution 87, which sprinted through the Senate and needed 100 votes to clear the ...

Ex-Obama senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer warned on Friday that there is “no path” for Democrats to win elections unless they address their rapidly declining Latino vote.

Webb County Democratic officials gathered at Pla-Mor Entertainment Friday to discuss recent developments in Washington, D.C., and the Republican Party’s influence in South Texas and Webb County. Newly ...