A familiar Southeast Texas name will have a role in the Texas House’s next chapter. Beaumont’s Dade Phelan is returning to an ...

Three former Republican Texas House speakers joined Democrat Senfronia Thompson’s transition team, drawing criticism from a ...

State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the next presumptive Texas house speaker, has announced six former speakers as part of her ...

Republican Dade Phelan and five other former Texas House speakers will help guide Senfronia Thompson's transition as she ...

Six former speakers of the Texas House of Representatives are serving on the transition team of incoming presumptive Speaker of the House Senfronia Thompson, a Democrat from Houston. Not soon after ...

Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan saw it coming—at least in part. Three weeks ago, when he and I sat down for an ...

Ray Callas, a Beaumont anesthesiologist, won the Texas House District 21 seat, defeating Democrat Jacqueline "Jacky" ...

Thompson’s news comes after Governor-elect and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D-Austin) announced her own transition team. It includes former state Rep. Ernest Bailes (R-Shepard), who also opposed ...

The Houston Democrat said she has enough support to win the gavel after Democrats won a House majority in last week’s ...

Come January, all three of Texas' top state officials -- the governor, lieutenant governor and House speaker -- are poised to ...

Republicans are on track to maintain control of the Senate, acting as a possible brake for Democrats in the House.

Ray Callas is leading the race for state representative in District 21, according to early voting results.