The NAACP Houston Branch celebrated a political victory after a federal court blocked Texas’s proposed redistricting plan, ...

As the old saying goes, Texas is heaven for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses. That’s a clever line, but the reality ...

Jermaine Thomas will serve as judge for Harris County’s newly-created fifth civil court at law starting in December.

The core of the Voting Rights Act, which bars discrimination in voting, may be hollowed out in a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, say experts who are worried the court’s decision could ...

Trump’s plan is to bolster his party’s narrow House margin to protect Republicans from losing control of the chamber in next ...

Trump’s push has faltered elsewhere. Republicans in Kansas balked at trying to eliminate the state’s lone swing seat, held by ...

More than $430 million in bonds were approved by residents in the Rice Village area this November in an election that drew ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has set Jan. 31 as the date of the special election runoff for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, meaning the Houston-based seat will remain vacant for over two more months.

Ballots cast to approve Prop. 50 outnumbered "no" votes in Fresno, Imperial, Lake, Merced, Riverside, San Bernardino and San ...

As fast-growing cities and suburbs scramble for new water sources, farmers in East Texas are turning to the state to keep ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has set January 31 as the date for the special election runoff to represent the state's 18th ...