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The Fort Worth Democrat refused to sign a permission slip that allowed quorum-breaking lawmakers to leave the Capitol while ...
The state isn’t providing schools with guidance and advocates say students who still qualify for lower rates are being asked ...
After two weeks out of state, Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, paving the way for Republicans to pass their proposed ...
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Lawmakers focused first on flood-related bills Monday night and tackled other legislation including a THC ban, property taxes ...
In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the school’s prohibition on drag ...
Lawmakers also approved new teacher raises, banned DEI initiatives and gave schools more flexibility to discipline students.
Now that the Texas House has a quorum following Democrats’ two-week absence, lawmakers are back to debate a wide range of ...
The West Texas measles outbreak, the nation’s largest in 30 years, is now over, state health officials announced on Monday. The Texas Department of State Health Services announced the outbreak was ...
Texas law bans the sale of synthetic kratom, but it isn’t enforced. Earlier this year, legislation died in the Texas House to ...
Some Texas families and teachers criticize the end-of-the-year STAAR test for the enormous burdens it puts on students. They ...