A $1 billion voucher program, touted as “the largest school-choice program in American history,” will go toward students’ ...

House and Senate members agreed that judges needed a pay raise. But they spent the final hours of the legislative session ...

The Texas House and Senate signed SB 37 after conferencing on changes. The final text limits faculty authority and ...

The state standardized test has long been criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and putting unnecessary ...

Texas judges are set to see a long-anticipated pay raise under a last-minute deal that House and Senate lawmakers struck ...

A boost in public school spending, school vouchers, and money for water systems are other highlights of the state budget, ...

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Texas lawmakers have voted to ban THC edibles, but will Gov. Greg Abbott sign it into law? A fierce debate has erupted around ...

For 140 days during the 89th Texas Legislature, 150 members, state representatives and 31 senators took thousands of hours of ...

The Texas Legislature 89th Regular Session ends on June 2. Here are some bills that died in the House and Senate in 2025.

Senate Bill 2880: Would have allowed anyone to be sued for mailing abortion pills to someone in Texas. The legislation also ...

Over five months, lawmakers passed approximately 1,200 bills, advancing a robust conservative agenda that touched on ...