The topic was a budget request from a state agency. The exchange grew emotional when a lawmaker pressed for answers about a ...

A usually mundane House Appropriations Committee hearing became tense as a Republican lawmaker probed members of the Texas ...

Texas official confronted over DEI hiring practices, leading to a wider debate on race and respect in state politics.

Texas lawmakers are banding across the aisle after Texas Rep. Brian Harrison's targeted questioning made an expert testifier ...

L'Oreal Stepney was brought to tears Thursday during a tense exchange with Rep. Brian Harrison (R, Midlothian) over DEI considerations in the board’s hiring practices.

The exchange drew rapid backlash from GOP state leaders including Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker ...

A coalition of groups fighting for gun reforms rallied at the Capitol Thursday as a state Senator filed multiple bills to raise the age requirements to buy a firearm, require universal background ...

Texas Water Development Board Chair L'Oreal Stepney was brought to tears at a Texas House hearing after accusations of ...

L'Oreal Stepney was brought to tears Thursday during a tense exchange with Rep. Brian Harrison (R, Midlothian) over DEI ...

FOX 7 Austin's chief political reporter Rudy Koski and our panel of analysts have a look at some of the top stories this week.