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The House bill filed by state Rep. Brad Buckley would offer private school vouchers to all Texas students, including home-schoolers.

Texas lawmakers instituted a sweeping six-week abortion ban in 2021, using the threat of criminal conviction to sway ...

The proposal, filed Thursday, comes well short of the increase school administrators and education advocates have been asking ...

The proposal sets a few possible points of contention between the House and Senate, including how much money should families ...

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

Very cold with dangerous wind chills from tonight into Thursday morning. An extreme cold warning is in effect for the majority of South-Central Texas while a Cold Weather Advisory is in effect for the ...

Families participating in the program could receive about 85% of the amount public schools collect for each attending student ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott awarded $23.25 million to Austin-based Silicon Labs on Wednesday as part of the state's Semiconductor ...

It is the third time the Texas Senate has passed bail reform bills. The bills died in the House the previous times.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stressed the importance of school choice at an event sponsored by the Texas Public Policy Foundation ...