When the budget was approved by the Legislature in May, state Sen. Joan Huffman, the Senate’s lead budget writer, touted the approach to budgeting in recent years. “The Texas economy is the envy of ...

Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, on the Senate floor during the second day of the 89th regular session at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Juan Figueroa / Staff ...

Texas hasn’t had a wide-open GOP primary for attorney general since 2014, when current Attorney General Ken Paxton first won ...

Friday to uphold Texas’ age verification law for pornographic websites, establishing precedent that will affect similar laws ...

A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially ...

The longtime Republican state senator and former judge says she'll run on her experience in government and law enforcement.

The analogy employed by emcee Joe Ripple comparing state Rep. Cody Vasut to a tugboat operator held up after Vasut took the ...

Huffman entered the contest for the GOP nomination on Monday, joining a field that includes state Sen. Mayes Middleton ...

$500 million was the initial figure associated with SB 22, but the House amended the bill to only allow for $300 million in ...

State Sen. Joan Huffman, R - Houston, became the latest high-profile Republican to join the race for the state's chief legal ...

Senate Bill 22, which would secure record film incentive funding for the state of Texas, was passed after a campaign that ...

In the Senate, Huffman has spearheaded a range of criminal justice legislation and efforts to clamp down on the state’s bail ...