Burrows, with Abbott by his side, called it a “monumental day” for the school choice movement. While the Texas House and ...

For the first time, Abbott and a Texas House speaker are aligned, at least publicly, on his vision to send public dollars to ...

As a committee of the Texas Legislature prepares to discuss a bill framed as a solution to squatting, housing advocates and ...

The House is considering a $1 billion bill that would allow up to 100,000 students in Texas to attend private schools.

Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, both Republicans, promoted a bill Tuesday that would create the ...

The outbreak is in nine counties in the southern plains. Three of those counties are in the district the speaker represents.

Texas Rep. Jon Rosenthal (D-Houston) offered his condolences to Turner early Wednesday morning. "He was a dear friend and an ...

There is no shortage of opinions about the time change. As in past years, new legislation has been filed at the Texas Legislature that could end this requirement.

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Governor Greg Abbott has named the issue an emergency item and listed it atop his legislative priorities. In Tuesday's House Education Committee hearing, the passion for and against the measure was ...

The school choice debate intensified on Tuesday. Those for and against the idea faced off during a committee hearing in the state house.

Twenty-three people are being treated in the hospital. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, praised the state's response to the outbreak, which is the largest in 30 years. The outbreak ...