Greg Abbott on Thursday when the Legislature’s lower chamber for the first time approved school vouchers, a controversial proposal that had driven a wedge in the state GOP and eluded the ...

Greg Abbott is a step closer to signing into law ... financial and political muscle and a House that has been unable to hold the executive accountable in checks and balances, and I fear that ...

Greg Abbott, who has invested more time, money and political capital into coaxing reluctant lawmakers into adopting the legislation than any other in his decade in office. The governor personally ...

Greg Abbott “started ... of threatening this week. In 2023, Abbott tried to put the screws on GOP voucher holdouts by vetoing a number of their bills and holding public school funding hostage ...

Greg Abbott has been fighting recalcitrant lawmakers to create the state’s first private school choice program. On Thursday he won, as the House voted 86-61 to pass it. Texas hasn’t passed a ...

Texas Republicans' sweeping private school voucher plan could be sent to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk as early as next week. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Friday that he’d urge the Texas Senate to ...

Greg Abbott to ... have long been seen to hold as much or more power than the governor, because of their control over the Senate. “What Perry got by finesse, Abbott gets by force — and ...