Concerns about the future of American democracy dominate headlines worldwide — but Texas is already decidedly less democratic than the U.S. at large.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s 2025 State of the State address will air live across Texas Sunday, Feb. 2 on 14 television markets and 15 television stations served by Nexstar, including FOX 44. Abbott’s one-hour address will begin at 5 p.

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers they can have as vice chairs.

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair positions. This change breaks a long-standing tradition in the chamber — and could signal that a contentious legislative session lies ahead.

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power sharing. But vice chairs don’t have nearly the power enjoyed by chairs, who can push or kill legislation and are better positioned to pass legislation.

The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair Saturday as it tries to guide Democrats through Republican Donald Trump’s second presidency.

New proposed bills aim to increase pay for all state employees and provide the first cost-of-living-adjustment for retirees in 25 years.

We thank Governor Abbott for trusting Nexstar with this opportunity.” The Texas Democratic Party will respond with a rebuttal after Abbott’s address. A round-table discussion with members of ...

The Republican-led Texas House voted Thursday to bar Democrats from holding powerful committee chair posts, ending a longstanding tradition that members credited with fostering a bipartisan spirit ...

The Democrats are a party controlled by elites, liberals and special interest groups. They are out of touch with America’s middle class. They are personified by a president who let inflation get the better of him and world events spin out of his control. As a result, the Democrats lost the White House as well as control of the Senate.

The departing leader of the Democratic National Committee is reflecting on why his party lost to President Donald Trump.