A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years before he was elected Houston’s ...

Turner, who spent nearly three decades in the Texas House and died last week, was remembered as a passionate Democrat ...

The state House and Senate have similar proposals to solve the state's water crisis, but there are stark differences on how ...

Texas professors and teachers' unions met with lawmakers Monday to say why they oppose school vouchers and limits on faculty ...

State lawmakers on Thursday formally honored Sylvester Turner, adding to the plethora of tributes that have poured out since ...

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

Preventing Disaster – Legislation to require security barriers to prevent crashes at hospital entrances is getting widespread support at the Texas Capitol. Matt Grant has the latest follow up in our ...

House Bill 845, filed by Frisco state Representative Jared Patterson, had sought to ban Texas universities from sponsoring or ...

Should the New York strip steak be renamed the "Texas Strip" and take on the "official State Steak of Texas" honor? Or what ...

Jenkins works as Simmons chief of staff, a role she earned after working five years in the state Capitol. (Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune, Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The ...