Three terms are coming up over and over again this legislative session: school choice, school vouchers and education savings accounts....

The Republican leadership in the Texas House announced last week that passing a bill to make illegal immigration a felony is a top...

Bill author Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said the measure is coming in response to what he called “an explosion” of local ordinances...

Military organizations on Thursday urged lawmakers to pass legislation named after Sgt. Bishop Evans, a soldier who died while rescuing...

Three terms are coming up over and over again this legislative session: school choice, school vouchers and education savings accounts....

AUSTIN, Texas — As soon as lawmakers were allowed to file legislation, some Texas Republicans authored bills aimed at putting a stop to...

Texas legislators’ push to increase teacher salaries could help Maria Ortiz, a Spanish teacher at the Young Women’s Leadership Academy,...

The Texas Senate has approved a proposal to increase the penalty for illegal voting from a misdemeanor to a second-degree felony despite...

Texas legislators’ push to increase teacher salaries could help Maria Ortiz, a Spanish teacher at the Young Women’s Leadership Academy,...

Military organizations on Thursday urged lawmakers to pass legislation named after Sgt. Bishop Evans, a soldier who died while rescuing...

Two Texas lawmakers have filed bills to create the Texas Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors Act, which is aimed at...

BAYTOWN, Tex. — When Shirley Williams chose the brick ranch house in a quiet subdivision east of Houston 25 years ago, she picked it for...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republican lawmakers this legislative session are looking to expand State authority and shrink local control at the...

Carthage ISD Superintendent Jarrod Bitter said the move in the Texas Legislature to encourage the use of vouchers would be detrimental to...

The Texas legislature is debating a pair of bills that would strip cities and counties of the right to set policy on a wide array of...

AUSTIN, Texas — Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate have separate plans for property tax relief that they say could save homeowners...

Austin’s slowly shrinking vision for a fast-moving urban rail system by the end of the decade is about to face a new challenge, one that...

U.S. Border Patrol chief Raúl Ortiz said Wednesday the agency does not have complete operational control of the southern border, a...

The Texas Senate has passed a bill (Senate Bill 645) that would define fentanyl poisoning as murder for purposes of prosecution and death...

Safety, teacher retention and funding mechanisms to get more money into schools are top priorities for both House Speaker Dade Phelan and...

Before the Florida governor has even announced a long-rumored 2024 bid for president, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX-21) has announced his...

I served 10 years in the Texas Legislature, four of those as chairman of the House Public Education Committee. I am deeply troubled by...

HOUSTON (CN) — Over the fierce objections of Houston leaders, the Texas Education Agency announced Wednesday it will appoint managers to...

Dennis Bonnen, former Speaker of the Texas House and fierce opponent of the far-right push for school vouchers, has joined the Goldwater...