“Of all the people who win here, Abbott is the biggest winner,” said Jim Henson, director of the ... Former House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, who in his four years as the House’s ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers on Thursday passed a $1 billion education bill that allows families to use public money ...

More than 100 teachers, parents and grandparents opposed to education savings accounts filled the Capitol on Wednesday ...

The Texas House voted largely on party lines to approve a bill that would allow taxpayer money to be put toward private ...

The event welcomed the public and community partners to get a hands-on look at the institutions’ long-standing work to ...

Texas’ massive, multibillion-dollar mission to reinforce its border with Mexico helped Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland hire two full-time deputies and three part-timers. It gave him the ...

Iowa U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin went searching for a gimmick to draw attention to his campaign for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

The package was filed after House Speaker Dustin Burrows ... were also identified as emergency legislative items by Gov. Greg Abbott. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick listed school choice as a legislative ...