The Texas House on Thursday filed a sweep of education bills including public school finance and school voucher proposals.

The Texas Legislature follows a unique legislative calendar and convenes in regular session for 140 days only once every other year. This ...

From teacher pay and preparation to special education and DEI, here are issues Texas lawmakers are prioritizing this ...

Readers are invited to a live Zoom event with senior politics reporter Jeremy Wallace on what to expect 2025 Texas ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Thursday that creating a private-school voucher program in Texas is “the defining ...

Gov. Greg Abbott and Speaker Dustin Burrows predict a school voucher bill will pass through the Texas House, which last year ...

Special education in schools and property valuations for taxation are among the topics covered in bills filed by state ...

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Welcome to our guide to the 89th Regular Legislative session. We’ll walk you through who makes up the Legislature, how laws ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday called on the Texas House to pass a series of bills designed to reform the state's bail ...

The governor’s list of priority items includes issues important to social conservatives and to business advocates.

Greg Abbott’s top legislative priorities, as outlined in his State of the State address Sunday evening.  His 30-minute ...