Opponents to school choice in Texas focus on potential long-term costs to taxpayers
Gov. Greg Abbott, who has led the charge for the education savings accounts, says school choice will pass in the House this ...
Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick announces additional legislative priorities
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced additional legislative priorities for the Texas Senate to pass. Initially, Patrick announced ...
Texas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No.
The rebuke from lawmakers and charter school leaders came after an investigation from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune ...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lays out second round of Texas Senate priorities. Here's the list.
Ten of Patrick's 40 priorities have already passed out of the Senate, including three of the items on the new list released ...
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Orator, conscience, advocate: State lawmakers honor Sylvester Turner with bipartisan accolades in Capitol ceremony
Turner, who spent nearly three decades in the Texas House and died last week, was remembered as a passionate Democrat ...
In Texas, private firms cash in on property tax late fees, piling debt onto homeowners
Texans who fall behind on property taxes face one of nation's most punitive systems, where private companies can tack up to ...
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Lubbock Speaker Burrows champions bill seeking to enhance 211 Texas Helpline
Lubbock Area United Way said Wednesday that Speaker Dustin Burrows is championing a bill that would enhance the Texas 211 Information and Referral Network’s (TIRN) ...
Private Donors Help Low-Income Kids Stay In Schools Of Their Choice
After approval of universal school choice in Tennessee, Texas & South Carolina lawmakers seek to make sure their constituents ...
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Texas House Rep. Ken King proposes tomahawk rib-eye as official state steak
Rep. Ken King introduces a bill to make the tomahawk rib-eye the official steak of Texas, sparking a flavorful debate with ...
Abbott, Burrows promote bill to create Texas’ first Education Savings Account program
Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, both Republicans, promoted a bill Tuesday that would create the ...
Hundreds show up to testify at public hearing for Texas House's Education Savings Account proposal
Under House Bill 3, students in the program would receive funding for private school tuition equal to 85% of the average funding public schools get per student.