Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the president of the state senate, has released his first round of interim changes for committees in the next legislative session.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick sent out his first list of interim charges, a set of issues for the state senate to prioritize, on Jan. 30 for the 2027 legislative session.  Patrick, who has led the state senate ...

At the top of the list is “preventing Sharia law in Texas.” Anti-Sharia law and targeting Islamic political ideology affiliated with terrorism is a common theme among Texas Republicans in the last few ...

Bipartisan Texas lawmakers say the stage is set to advance legislation next session establishing regulations for hemp THC ...

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a Republican state Senate district in Texas on Saturday, delivering a major blow to President ...

In a state Senate race in Fort Worth's Tarrant County, Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss by 14 ...

Patrick’s initial five-item to-do list also included assessing risks posed by hostile foreign entities to the grid’s supply chain and preventing fraud in Texas’ health and human services.

"People who are frustrated and angry? They always vote," Democrat Taylor Rehmet says of his upset win in a district that ...

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday's special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats across the U.S. in the year ...