"Those who say this will undermine public schools are wrong." ...

Four Republican candidates are running for Texas lieutenant governor—the second-in-command to the governor—in the upcoming March 3 primary election.

Muslims in San Antonio gather at a local mosque. Texas Republicans intensified their attacks against Islam this week, playing on unfounded concerns that ...

Patrick’s initial five-item to-do list also included assessing risks posed by hostile foreign entities to the grid’s supply ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- The blame game over rising cases of COVID-19 continues along largely partisan lines, with Democrats attacking GOP governors who have banned measures like mask mandates and vaccine ...

The lieutenant governor’s office is often described as the most powerful in Texas government. Here’s a look at who’s running ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick gathers the senators at his desk before the final vote on House Bill 4 on Aug. 22, 2025. Jon Gimble says he has plenty to offer GOP primary voters in his bid for an open Texas ...

At the top of the list is “preventing Sharia law in Texas.” Anti-Sharia law and targeting Islamic political ideology affiliated with terrorism is a common theme among Texas Republicans in the last few ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Tuesday unveiled a plan to drive down property taxes by further hiking the amount of a home’s value that can’t be taxed to pay for public schools and lowering ...

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick unveiled his plan to eliminate school property taxes on homesteads. It comes after Governor Greg Abbott released his own plan with the same goal but a different method of ...