JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Senate President Ronald Kouchi, left, took the gavel from Sen. Lorraine Inouye. Kouchi said reducing wildfire risks statewide is a top priority for lawmakers.

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He had laid out a bold agenda and expected his party to follow. “I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and I intend to spend it,” George W. Bush boasted in 2004. Yet what the president ...

The political donations came in the two weeks before the fundraising blackout period tied to the legislative session.

A bipartisan coalition elected Dustin Burrows as House Speaker. The Lubbock Republican defeated Mansfield Rep. David Cook.

The Texas Capitol turned into a hotbed for Christian nationalists as faith leaders gathered inside and outside the statehouse — and called for an end to the separation of church and state.

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Some partisans want to rule, not govern, but getting back to the process of committees working on major legislation and ...

Southern California lawmakers on both sides of the aisle largely agree: No conditions on wildfire aid.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who heads the Texas Senate, opposed Burrows’ run for Speaker. He has since released a statement saying ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis called a news conference in Winter Haven to reiterate his request for state lawmakers to convene a special session on immigration in less than two weeks.