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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is not always on good terms with the Texas House, says: “I have faith in our new speaker." ...

The Lt. Governor of Texas is making threats and some other lawmakers are ready to end the Texas Lottery all together. Is this ...

Under House Bill 3, the state would distribute funds through state-managed education savings accounts that families could use ...

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

An education package was filed in the Texas House on Thursday by state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Killeen, which includes a school ...

The Texas House filed priority legislation on Thursday that would allow some families to use taxpayer dollars to fund their ...

State Rep. Cole Hefner of Mt. Pleasant was appointed chairman of the Texas House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans’ Affairs and as a member of the Committee on ...

Senate passed a trio of proposed laws from Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) on Wednesday aimed at tightening rules around bail ...