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Beginning around the mid-20th century, Texas began to transform from a rural and agricultural state to one that was urban and industrialized.<ref name="TSHAsince">{{cite web | last1=Calvert | first1= Robert A. | title=Texas Since World War II | url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/npt02 | publisher=Texas State Historical Association | accessdate=January 19, 2017}}</ref> The state's population grew quickly during this period, with large levels of migration from outside the state.<ref name="TSHAsince"/> As a part of the [[Sun Belt]] Texas experienced strong economic growth, particularly during the 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="TSHAsince"/> Texas's economy diversified, lessening its reliance on the [[petroleum]] industry.<ref name="TSHAsince"/> By 1990, [[Hispanics]] overtook blacks to become the largest minority group in the state.<ref name="TSHAsince"/>
Beginning around the mid-20th century, Texas began to transform from a rural and agricultural state to one that was urban and industrialized.<ref name="TSHAsince">{{cite web | last1=Calvert | first1= Robert A. | title=Texas Since World War II | url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/npt02 | publisher=Texas State Historical Association | accessdate=January 19, 2017}}</ref> The state's population grew quickly during this period, with large levels of migration from outside the state.<ref name="TSHAsince"/> As a part of the [[Sun Belt]] Texas experienced strong economic growth, particularly during the 1970s and early 1980s.<ref name="TSHAsince"/> Texas's economy diversified, lessening its reliance on the [[petroleum]] industry.<ref name="TSHAsince"/> By 1990, [[Hispanics]] overtook blacks to become the largest minority group in the state.<ref name="TSHAsince"/>
==Government==
As with the Federal government and all other state governments, Texas government has three branches: legislative, executive and judicial.
===Legislative===
The Texas Legislature is a bicameral body, consisting of 150 members in the House of Representatives (the lower chamber) and 31 members in the Senate (the upper chamber). The House is presided over by the Speaker who is elected from among the House members (and who, by tradition, does not vote on legislation), while the Senate is presided over by the Lieutenant Governor who is elected by the voters (separately from the Governor, and who votes only in cases of a tie vote).
The Legislature meets every other year (in odd-numbered years) for only 140 days, beginning on the second Tuesday in January.
==Politics==
==Politics==