Sen. Creighton's SB 2972, passed to engrossment Tuesday, reverses the TX 2019 law establishing universities as traditional ...

What this does is remove testing from being the center of gravity for the year the way that it is now,” state Rep. Diego ...

A key Senate critic threw a lifeline to the Texas Lottery when he proposed moving its oversight to a new agency instead of ...

Texas' bat population stands to get new protections under a bill moving through the state Legislature. A year after a San ...

Two bills were filed in the Texas legislature that would change the protest threshold of property owners within 200 feet of a ...

The Texas House voted 143-1 this week to approve House Bill 4, a sweeping measure that would fundamentally restructure the ...

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Student discipline, uncertified teachers, and school bans on DEI and cellphones are some of the topics being debated at the ...

With less than three weeks remaining in the regular legislative session, Texas lawmakers are working on competing legislation ...

Senate Bill 2519 would block the local property tax collection and transfer process now being used to develop Austin's ...

A new Senate proposal would save the lottery, but add tighter controls and put it under a different oversight agency.

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