After years of litigation, the Supreme Court opinion clears the way for the TEA commissioner to replace the elected trustees with appointed managers.
Commercial casinos are banned in Texas, but a political action committee funded by a Las Vegas corporation hopes to change that.
While bills regarding UIL sports soaked up attention, bills that would have applied to NCAA sports died quietly. The reason remains unclear.
A new political action committee funded by Miriam Adelson donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Texas candidates.
Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria said that 6,000 Democratic and 4,000 Republican ballots were left out of election tallies; enough to change results in some close races.
The former city council member and school board trustee will be unopposed in the general election and will represent the Republican-leaning district in northeast Harris County.
While House Bill 25 isn't the only proposal to keep students in competition with peers of their own biological sex, it cleared several key hurdles that killed previous versions.
A newly passed bill should let the TEA replace Houston ISD's entire school board, changing the course of an ongoing lawsuit.
Some school districts around Texas are experimenting with mask mandates that let parents opt their children out — and so is the legislature.
The Texas GOP has called on House Republican leadership to revoke chairmanships from truant Democrats and establish measures to prevent another quorum break.
Some Democrats announced today that they would return their pay to the treasury. Others had already begun the process.
This week — a look at Texas politics as the 87th Regular Legislative Session closes out.
