The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a plan that would allow parents to use taxpayer dollars to fund private education.

School districts have cut their budgets to the bone. Will the state legislature decide to spend at least as much per pupil as ...

AUSTIN, Texas and LUBBOCK, Texas (KBTX/KWTX/KCBD) - Texas House members Tuesday afternoon elected Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock to one of the most powerful positions in state government, Speaker of ...

If you’re not familiar with the Texas Legislature, it can make you nervous ... “Often, what you do in the district is far more important than what happens in the building because the ...

With Republicans in solid control of state government, though contending with intraparty battles marked by differences that seem as much personal as ideological, the Texas Legislature will return ...

State lawmakers passed Senate Bill 17, which forced publicly-funded colleges and universities across Texas to shut down ... View Elementary School after the district estimated a budget deficit ...

John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, finishes his appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation ...

The Texas Senate's Education Committee heard from a ... fearing the bill's passage would take money from public schools in their district. Abbott made it a priority during the election season ...

Former Texas ... Senate after Trump formally nominates him. Trump can’t formally nominate Ratcliffe until he is sworn into office on Monday. Ratcliffe represented the 4th Congressional District ...

The location is in the district of State Rep ... Experts say those could stop crashes from happening. Texas State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, filed Senate Bill 660 requiring most hospitals in ...

Former NFL veteran turned Texas ... the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing. “You don’t think we should change the federal minimum wage?” Sanders said. “We have $7. ...

Lawmakers can then debate a nominee on the Senate floor before the ultimate vote is taken. Nominees need a majority of senators to be confirmed. Senator John Tower, a Texas Republican, was the ...