Texas Congressional Democrats are calling on the federal government to release the funds it has withheld from the ...

The House is considering a $1 billion bill that would allow up to 100,000 students in Texas to attend private schools.

Tributes have been pouring in for Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas since he died after attending President Donald ...

Grijalva spent half a century in public service and represented Arizona in Congress for more than two decades.

Authorities at Texas Tech University say an explosion inside a maintenance hole set off fires and power outages on the campus ...

To win elections, Democrats have to appeal to average American voters and develop fresh leaders to become the faces, voices ...

The staunch Democrat revealed his cancer diagnosis last year, but was optimistic about treatment and chose to run for a second term.

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...

The new legislative panel has been tasked to reduce the size and scope of government. But Democrats say they’re not ...

Sylvester Turner served as Houston mayor and in Congress after serving 27 years in the Texas House. He died March 4.

Lisa Gray is the op-ed editor and a member of the Houston Chronicle editorial board. Previously, she's held many of the ...

This would help provide more information about maternal deaths and instances where women also died in pregnancy and childbirth in the Lone Star state.