President Donald Trump, left, listens as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a roundtable discussion at the Community Emergency Operations Center, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Kerrville. Trump traveled ...

The Texas House is poised to advance legislation aimed at discouraging future quorum breaks, but the measure would not affect the more than 50 Democrats who either left the state or went into hiding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Speaker Dustin Burrows presides over the debate of a congressional redistricting plan at the Capitol in Austin, Wednesday, ...

When Texans send their representatives to Austin, they expect one thing: show up and do your job. Represent your constituents. Cast your vote. That’s the bare minimum of public service. But time and ...

Gov. Greg Abbott asked lawmakers to come up with new punishments for quorum-busters on Wednesday evening, less than an hour after the Texas House Republicans passed a new congressional map that ...

While Democratic Texas House members were aboard a chartered jet soaring toward Chicago to break quorum last week, few people — in the air or on the ground — believed the group would eventually return ...

AUSTIN — Texas House Republicans teed up a slate of bills addressing the deadly July 4 Hill Country floods on Monday, but Democrats’ continued boycott left the chamber without the quorum needed to ...

Following Gov. Greg Abbott's request for legislation to discourage future quorum breaks, several Republican lawmakers have filed bills that would impose consequences such as booting absent lawmakers ...

DALLAS — Texas Republicans are taking extraordinary measures to quell a quorum break by House Democrats designed to kill congressional redistricting. The tough approach includes the following: —Gov.