Representative Monica De La Cruz said she intends to meet with officials from the U.S. Department of Labor to explore options.

Ongoing efforts by the Texas GOP to close open primaries raise concerns among those worried the move could disenfranchise older voters.

With 2025 behind us, The Texas Tribune’s politics team has compiled five of the top political stories we are watching in 2026, when voters will have their first chance to make their opinions known on the events of the last 12 months.

Seven candidates are running for the seat, including four Republicans​: Joan Huffman, Mayes Middleton, Aaron Reitz and Chip Roy.

House District 98 covers Colleyville, Grapevine, Keller and Westlake, as well as parts of Euless and Southlake. The other two GOP candidates are Armin Mizani, who is mayor of Keller, and Fred Tate, a Colleyville businessman. The district is currently represented by Giovanni Capriglione, a Southlake Republican who isn’t seeking reelection.

Party leaders in Dallas and the Hays County GOP cited a series of logistical and legal concerns in their pursuit of the controversial voting method ahead of Texas' March primary.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas and Austin state Rep. James Talarico are the two leading candidates in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat held by Republican incumbent John Cornyn.

Texas has launched a partnership with Turning Point USA to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every high school campus in the state. Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Turning Point USA Senior Director Josh Thifault revealed the ...

The state party claims crossover votes by Democrats and independents infringe on Republicans’ freedom of association under the First Amendment. Disability advocates argue the move to require party registration would discourage political participation.

Texas Republican state Sen. Pete Flores looks over the state’s redrawn congressional map at the Texas Capitol in Austin in August. (Eric Gay | AP) The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use its new congressional map that could help ...

Republicans in Texas and Florida are leading efforts to target Muslim advocacy organizations in what civil rights advocates say is a coordinated effort to present Islam as a “national security threat.

Elon Musk ignited a firestorm in Texas politics Thursday after claiming his friend's wife was killed by an illegal immigrant driving a truck, thrusting a stalled Republican-backed bill on trucking liability back into the spotlight and reigniting a feud among GOP lawmakers over what the legislation really aims to accomplish.