The government of Texas operates under the Constitution of Texas and consists of a unitary democratic state government operating under a presidential system...

The Governor of Texas heads the state government of Texas and is the highest elected official in the state. The governor is the leader of the executive...

House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power...

Women have been underrepresented in all three branches of Texas state government. Texas has had only two female governors over 175 years since statehood...

governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government...

The Government of Pasadena, Texas operates under a Mayor-Council form of government with a mayor and eight council members who are responsible for enacting...

The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas, the structure houses the...

The Republic of Texas (Spanish: República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a breakaway state in North America. It existed for 10 years, from March 2, 1836...

Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas, and enumerates...

case involved a claim by the Reconstruction government of Texas that United States bonds owned by Texas since 1850 had been illegally sold by the Confederate...

president of the Republic of Texas (Spanish: Presidente de la República de Tejas) was the head of state and head of government while Texas was an independent...

The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, they compose the...

who are taking Texas Government courses. The publication is typically subscribed to by college Texas-Government professors on behalf of their students...

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in northern Mexico and South Texas. In these societies, the government's primary role was seen as being the preservation of social order. Solving individual...

General of Texas is the top appellate solicitor or lawyer for the U.S. state of Texas. It is an appointed position in the Office of the Texas Attorney...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal...

The government of Texas's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state consisted of a decentralized system that was mostly reliant on local...

in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. Since 2021, Texas A&M has enrolled the largest student body in...

colleges and universities in the State of Texas that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. These institutions...

adjourn. List of Texas state legislatures "Texas legislative sessions and years". Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Government of Texas. Archived from...

municipalities (municipios in Spanish), a unit of local government under Spanish and Mexican rule. When the Republic of Texas gained its independence in 1836, the...

Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, commonly known as the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), is a department of the state government of Texas...

laws of the state. Home-rule municipalities have a charter and derive the "full power of local self-government" from the Constitution of Texas. A general-law...

Throughout the history of Texas, English and Spanish have at one time or another been the primary dominant language used by government officials, with German...

conventions of 1832 and 1833 and the Consultation of November 3, 1835, were held here. San Felipe acted as the capital for the provisional government of Texas until...

The Texas Military Department (TMD) is an executive branch agency of the Texas government. Along with the Texas Department of Public Safety, it is charged...

Austin (/ˈɔːstɪn/ AW-stin) is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into...

to 1823 Texas had its own governors. From 1722 to 1768 the seat of government of Texas was in Los Adaes and this was the official capital of the province...

The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office...