The budget proposals seek nearly $5 billion in new funding for public education alongside $1 billion to establish a school ...
We’re days away from the start of Texas’ 89th legislative session, and from Donald Trump’s inauguration. Soon, the Texas GOP will unleash its agenda for 2025. We don’t know how the new ...
This story is the first in a multi-part series exploring school choice and its potential impact on area families and schools.
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With the 89th Texas legislative session underway, Houston-area lawmakers have begun working on hundreds of bills they hope to pass into law. Priorities for local representatives and senators include ...
Randy Ham, Executive Director of Odessa Arts and a board member for Texans for the Arts, highlights the creative industry's ...
Amanda Zurawski, who nearly died after being denied an abortion, has been fighting to clarify the medical exception to Texas ...
The first order of business for the session was to elect a new Speaker of the House – a hotly contested struggle, especially ...
State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) won the Texas House speakership after two rounds of voting on Tuesday, the first day of ...
With talks of school choice, border security, and more in this legislative session, the future of water could fly under the ...
Budget shortfalls are becoming the norm in Coppell ISD as the district battles inflation, dipping enrollment, underfunded ...
The push expands on efforts from the last legislative session in 2023, when state lawmakers banned DEI programs at public ...