After hours of debate on the Texas Senate floor, families are now one step closer to an opportunity to use state money to ...

The easy part is over. The Texas House will next take up "school choice" vouchers, an emergency item for Gov. Greg Abbott.

House Republicans reported “very positive developments” after a marathon meeting at the White House on Thursday focused on ...

The Senate voted 55-44 to confirm North Texas native Scott Turner as leader of HUD, and he was sworn in by Supreme Court ...

Students, faculty and staff from both universities traveled up Interstate 35 for UTSA and UT Health San Antonio Day at the ...

There are dozens of committees in the Texas Legislature that specialize in different subjects. However, they can be broken up into four categories: Standing committees — permanent committees that stay ...

The Legislature has two chambers — the 150-member House of Representatives and the 31-member Senate. Everyone in Texas is ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with influential members of Congress on Capitol Hill on Thursday to discuss ...

Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker.

After seven hours of debate over Senate Bill 2 on the Senate floor Wednesday, the chamber suspended rules so lawmakers could ...

Senate Republicans expect to mark up their budget resolution as soon as next week, as the House GOP struggles over its ...

About three weeks into the 89th legislative session, Texas senators sent their first bill to the House. Senate Bill 2 proposes spending $1 billion annually for education savings accounts, which famili ...