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

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

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

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

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 ...

“House Bill No. 3120 is a well-intentioned effort to make child detention facilities, and the communities around them, safer,” Abbott wrote. “This all seems like good policy. If a fire breaks out, ...

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 ...

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

A bill that would've added two new district courts was vetoed by the governor, and legislators are trying to add one of the courts in the next special session.

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