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More oversight of state colleges, rollback of faculty influence clears Texas Senate
An effort to give politically-connected appointees more control over state universities — including over what’s taught and ...
Texas Senate approves bill that could reshape how history, race are taught in universities
Texas senators gave initial approval on Tuesday to a bill that would drastically limit how the state"s public universities ...
Texas House passes $1 billion school choice measure
The Texas House early Thursday passed a school choice measure that would allow lower-income families to use tax dollars to ...
Will the Texas Senate join the House’s efforts to advance workforce education statewide?
Workforce advocates say Texas House Bill 120 could create more early college high school programs for students seeking ...
Now that Paxton is running for US Senate, who will run for open Texas attorney general seat?
Freshman state Rep. Mitch Little, a Lewisville Republican who before being elected to the Texas House was part of Paxton's ...
Cornyn and Paxton could each win their hotly contested Texas Senate GOP primary, a look how
Whoever wins the March primary will become the Republican nominee and face a Democrat. So far, former Dallas Congressman ...
Bill to remove short-barreled guns from banned weapons list gets initial approval by Texas Senate
A public hearing on Monday on an identical bill in the Texas House drew survivors and victims' families from school shootings in Uvalde and Santa Fe to Austin.
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Bill to create a Texas Homeland Security Division passes state Senate
If passed into law, Senate Bill 36 would make Texas’ immigration enforcement efforts a permanent part of the state’s criminal ...
Texas Senate unanimously advances sweeping water bill
Action from the legislature has been designated an emergency item by Governor Greg Abbott this session, and water supply ...
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Texas legislature considers funding for early childhood education
The child care problem in Texas is becoming more severe, and low-income, working households are being hit the hardest.
Texas Republicans Deliver Trump, Abbott Major Win on Education
President Donald Trump had called Republican legislators in Texas before the vote, urging them to vote for the ...