Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has vowed to pass a “school choice” law this session in response to public statements from President Donald Trump.

Twenty-nine Texas senators, headed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, made the move to lower property taxes, right on the heels of Gov ...

A family that makes six figures a year is considered low-income by SB2. No matter how many times that phrase is repeated, it ...

The state's top education official briefed state lawmakers in Austin Monday morning. His message: focus money towards educators, not just school funding formulas.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said numerous times that the votes to pass school choice are in the House.

President Donald Trump praised the efforts of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in the Texas Senate's passing of SB2, which would create ...

President Donald Trump shouted out Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on TruthSocial amid the push to pass school choice in the Lone Star ...

Just days after Governor Greg Abbott laid out his priorities for lawmakers in his State of the State address, Senate ...

In an all-new episode of This Week in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott announced his legislative priorities in his annual State of ...

After seven hours of debate over SB 2 on the Senate floor Wednesday, the chamber suspended rules so that they could expedite ...

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