to advance for consideration before the full Senate. Committee chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., both expressed their support to advance Duffy’s nomination ...

A House committee will hold a hearing this week scrutinizing whether National Institutes of Health animal research amounts to ...

What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas longhorn, the Florida panther and the California grizzly bear? They’re all U.S. state animals. And the snails hold another notable ...

The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000.

WASHINGTON D.C.- Montana’s congressional delegation has sent a letter to the state legislature to establish rodeo as the ...

The Republican-led Texas Senate passed one of Gov. Greg Abbott's top legislative priorities Wednesday: school choice. The vote came closely along party lines, 19-12. It came after hours of debate ...

On Monday, a group of Texas Senators introduced a bill that would require the display of the Ten Commandments in Texas public ...

AUSTIN, Texas — After hours of debate on Wednesday, state senators passed the first bill of the session, Senate Bill 2. SB 2 would create Education Savings Accounts (ESA), that would allow Texas ...

A proposal creating a voucher-like program where public funds could be used towards private schools was passed by the Texas Senate Wednesday, just days after Gov. Greg Abbott made it an emergency ...

The Texas Senate easily passed a school voucher bill Wednesday night. Senate Bill 2 would allow families to use taxpayer dollars to fund a child's education at an accredited private school.