Politics

House Republican leadership announces new committee and conference chairs.

Current Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, is the frontrunner to become the next speaker of the House, but he is short on the votes required

Legislation to sort out Afghan refugee status remains stalled in Congress.

Nancy Pelosi is stepping down as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

For the past 48 years Senator Patrick Leahy has served the nation and his home state of Vermont.

Journalist Katie Couric joined lawmakers to announce the ‘Find it Early Act' for cancer screenings.

Senator Leahy was first elected in 1974.

President Biden addressed the results of the midterm election and his own political future on Wednesday.

Plainview voters approved the sanctuary city for the unborn ordinance.

In the race for Lubbock County Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3, Frank Gutierrez is the projected winner with 51% of the vote.

In a record-setting expensive race, Texas Governor Greg Abbott fended off Democrat Beto O’Rourke and is headed to a record-tying third term in office.

In a difficult cycle for Democrats, the race was widely seen as the most competitive statewide election because of Paxton’s laundry list of legal troubles.

The race for Lubbock County Commissioner is coming to a head tonight.

During the campaign, Hegar touted his work on lowering taxes and expanding broadband in Texas, reforming the tax code, reducing regulations on agriculture and pushing for government transparency.

Patrick will get another four years leading the Texas Senate, one of the state’s most powerful positions.

The City of Post is voting to go wet, allowing the legal sale of alcohol.

The amendments address new vocabulary, terms of office for the city commissioner, passing ordinances and nepotism.

The City of Lubbock’s $200 million road bond proposition has been passed.

Workers are expecting somewhere between 25,000-and-30,000 voters to show up Tuesday. So long lines are expecting at many polling locations.

On the ballot in Plains, the school district is seeking voter permission to collect three "golden pennies" on the tax rate. The language on the proposition doesn't reflect that, though. Instead, you'll only see a revenue rate increase of nearly 97 percent.

Both Democrats and Republicans are confident they can win the November mid-term elections because they claim they’ve each poached voters from regions where, traditionally, they don’t have a lot of support.

Governor Greg Abbott drew a big crowd for his campaign visit in Lubbock prior to the November 8 election. During his visit at Table 82, he reminded West Texans of the policies he plans to enforce if he is reelected and reminded supporters to get out to the polls.

Gov. Abbott will host a campaign event ahead of the November elections.

Early voting continues for the November general and special elections. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Nov. 4.

Ahead of the polls opening, the chairmen of the Texas Republican and Texas Democratic parties are energizing their voters and reviewing the voting process.

O’Rourke has not had the upper hand in any polls, or even come within low single digits, compared with 2018, when he more regularly showed up within the margin of error against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.

Gov. Greg Abbott leads Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke by 11 percentage points with three days until early voting starts for the election, according to a new poll from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.

According to the financial documents, this year’s gubernatorial race has broken Texas records with more than a combined $200 million raised between incumbent Republican Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke.

As he finishes up his ‘Texas College Tour’ Beto O’Rourke made a stop at Texas Tech

A new bill in Washington promises more competition when it comes to credit card transactions - but one expert says cardholders could be left footing the bill.