Texas House requires masks for 2021 legislative session, declines to expand virtual testimony Legislators greet one another on the floor of the House before the opening of the 2021…

Texas House elects Dade Phelan speaker as 2021 legislative session gets underway State Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, held a press conference at the capitol to declare that he had…

Texas House Democrats ask Gov. Greg Abbott to overhaul COVID-19 vaccine distribution process Valley residents look amongst rows of cars lined up at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott moves to free the Dallas salon owner who was jailed for ignoring shutdown order Gov. Gregg Abbott waits backstage before holding a press conference on…

Top Texas officials denounce Dallas salon owner’s jail sentence for defying orders to close Shelley Luther, owner of Salon a la Mode in Dallas, was sentenced to seven days…

Texas sales tax revenues fall by 9.3% in April Shuttered businesses on South Congress in Austin during the coronavirus pandemic. Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Texas collected $2.58 billion…

Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen suggests ordering 5% budget cuts for state agencies An aerial view of the Capitol during the coronavirus outbreak on March 23, 2020. Miguel Gutierrez…

State Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, also works as an emergency room physician. Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune Railhead Smokehouse says it has the best barbecue in Fort Worth — beef,…