On the last day to submit bills, the Texas Senate has submitted its plan for educational savings accounts and teacher pay raises.
The unceasing battle within Texas politics between state and local authorities takes center stage once again during the 88th Legislature.
This week — a political subdivision preemption proposal draws Gov. Abbott’s support, ESG-responsive divestment lauded by Lt. Gov. Patrick, and a budget property tax breakdown is listed.
More than six out of 10 Texans polled support vouchers for low-income families with the strongest support coming from black and Latino respondents.
The Houston-area Democrat co-authored legislation allowing the state to appoint a board of managers over chronically failing school districts.
Patrick appointed 12 Republicans and one Democrat to chair the Senate's committees, calling them the "best equipped group of senators in Texas history."
Commercial casinos are banned in Texas, but a political action committee funded by a Las Vegas corporation hopes to change that.
At the Texas GOP convention, reporters for The Texan talked with elected officials across the Lone Star State.
State code may prohibit an elected official who ran on a platform of eliminating the position he seeks from taking a salary upon assuming office.
This week — Tarrant County legislators spar over redistricting, the Texas GOP chairman announces his re-election bid, and Sen. Brandon Creighton is appointed to chair another committee.
“We are those who distribute taxpayer dollars. We are the ones who pay their salaries. The parents are the ones who pay their tuition.”
Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) filed an amicus brief with 13 of his Republican colleagues supporting the motion for a rehearing.
