Under a bill that is scheduled for a vote in the Senate, it would be illegal to entomb live bats in an unoccupied structure ...

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

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

House Bill 4 would make the test shorter and base scores on how students’ performance compares to national averages.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, who once rescued three dozen people during a battle in the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan, ...

At the House higher ed hearing, dozens testified against SB 37. Though diluted, it still risks what faculty can teach, they ...

The bill would overturn a two-decade-old law allowing some undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick applauds legislative approval of Senate Bill 5 and Senate Joint Resolution 3, which create the Dementia ...

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

House Bill 46 is expected to pass the lower chamber Tuesday. It reached the floor ahead of the House rewrite of Senate Bill 3 ...

A bill that recently passed through the Texas Senate, which could be considered a statewide ban on abortion pills, sparked a ...