In Texas, Senate Bill 2 passed 19 to 12, to give what proponents believe is a choice for parents to send their children to private schools. It uses $1 billion in funding from the state for 100,000 ...

Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker. Each has ...

There are dozens of committees in the Texas Legislature that specialize in different subjects. However, they can be broken up ...

Senate Bill 2 now heads to the House, where top officials say they have the support to create education savings accounts.

Nate Schatzline of Fort Worth was among local reps who complained about time spent honoring the music superstar. But not ...

After seven hours of debate over Senate Bill 2 on the Senate floor Wednesday, the chamber suspended rules so lawmakers could ...

By print deadline Wednesday, the Texas Senate was poised to pass a school voucher bill that would offer $10,000 to students ...

Abbott is set to discuss border security with President Trump Wednesday afternoon, the White House announced early Wednesday ...

Senate Bill 2 would create state-managed education savings accounts that let families use public funds to subsidize private school tuition. Opponents question whether the bill would help low-income ...

"Speaker Burrows, every time I've talked to him, he says school choice is going to pass," Abbott said. "I feel good about the Speaker's perspective. I have worked closely with Representative Brad ...

Gov. Greg Abbott said cutting taxes is a top priority, however, state lawmakers don’t have as much money to plug into tax ...

The governor’s list of priority items includes issues important to social conservatives and to business advocates.