Rick Perry, who served 14 years as Texas governor, will be an unpaid adviser to the embattled Republican leader of the Texas ...

Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee became the seventh person to enter the race for Texas House speaker when he announced ...

"Governor Perry’s legacy of service to Texas is unparalleled, and I am honored to have him join our team as we prepare for ...

Former Gov. Rick Perry will serve as a senior adviser to Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, whose continued leadership of the ...

Challengers to Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan presented a united front on Friday, arguing the speaker race is about ...

State Rep. James Frank, a Wichita Falls Republican who is one of the Texas House’s leading voices on health and foster care, ...

Republicans will meet privately after the November election to choose their speaker candidate for the next legislative ...

Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, for the speakership. Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, D-Richardson, told The Texas Tribune she felt energized to run for the leadership post after attending the National ...

Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee became the fifth person to enter the race for Texas House Speaker when he announced his ...

Perry served as governor of Texas for 14 years and later briefly served as the Secretary of Energy under former President ...

Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., ...

Perry is Texas’ longest-serving governor who also served as a state representative, lieutenant governor and agriculture ...