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A guest column about Senate Bill 2 by Angelina Támez, a resident of South Texas, a first-generation American, and Republican ...

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has made enacting a "school choice" plan his top priority for 2025. But an Austin Democrat is ...

In his push for private school vouchers, Gov. Greg Abbott has repeatedly emphasized he has no intention of harming public ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference at the Capitol. No subject was listed in his announcement.

Pearland ISD is applying for a truancy prevention grant to support high school students who have five or more absences by providing intervention before the student is considered truant and referred to ...

As Texans face an affordability crisis, Governor Greg Abbott declared property tax relief an emergency item in his recent ...

Almost immediately after assuming his new role as chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, state Rep. Ramón ...

Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle Tuesday when a bipartisan committee voted unanimously to approve and send ...