Senate Democrats need a net gain of four seats in the 2026 midterm elections to take back the majority from Republicans.

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed Senate Bill 18 -- a bill passed unanimously in the second-called special session that would remove bureaucratic "red tape" when repairing flood-control structures.

Murkowski-Collins is tag-team nomenclature that political watchers will get in the habit of using. Murkowski-Collins, working as a team, will have de facto control of the Senate. In the final two years of President Trump’s term, the Senate may operate as 49-to-49 plus 2.

Fired director Susan Monarez and former chief medical officer Debra Houry, who resigned, faced questions that broke largely along party lines.

A Senate hearing will discuss new data revealing a significant decline in student performance in math and reading, with experts attributing the trend to increased screen time, shortened attention spans,

Senate DFLers and Republicans are no closer to an agreement on gun control or school security after hours of public hearings this week that included emotional testimony from parents of children