Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle when a bipartisan ...

Senate Bill 2 would devote public money to defray the cost of private education. Early plans would set aside $1 billion.

President Donald Trump praised the efforts of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in the Texas Senate's passing of SB2, which would create ...

Republican Texas lawmakers are renewing a push to infuse a greater religious influence in the state's public schools with a ...

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Republicans in the Texas Senate introduced a bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools ...

Since the law’s passage in 2023, universities across the state have shuttered DEI offices and efforts. Those offices sought to help Black, Latino, LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented students adjust to ...

A bipartisan panel of Texas Senators approved legislation that would increase Texas' homestead property tax exemption, once again, to $140,000. It now heads to ...

The Texas Senate is expected to approve a school choice bill Wednesday that would let families use taxpayer dollars for ...

Top Republicans praised the Texas Senate's passage of "school choice" legislation as the proposal advances to the House where ...

Gov. Greg Abbott shows openness to online sports betting, but Texas senators remain unlikely to legalize it. DALLAS — Gov.

Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a bill that received preliminary ...