The Texas Legislature’s 2025 session gavels out in a little less than three weeks — operating word there being “gavel.” Those ...

The funding comes from Texas Legislature approval. Temperatures are on the rise, and a vehicle parked in the sun can become an oven in minutes. Authorities want to remind everyone that children and ...

State Rep. Brad Buckley, a Republican from Salado, said the lengthy tests don’t accurately measure knowledge and place too ...

The Texas Senate has unveiled its highly anticipated counterproposal to the House’s multibillion-dollar public school funding legislation ...

The first bill to reach Abbott’s desk this session creates a regulation-cutting state agency under the purview of the ...

The Texas House voted Monday to advance a bill that defangs an obscure state law that property owners use to stop new homes ...

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DALLAS — Speaker Dustin Burrows has led the Texas House for three months now, and he’s already accomplished something none of his predecessors could: pushing school vouchers across the finish ...

State senators unveiled their version of House Bill 2 on May 15. The amended bill, which differs substantially from what ...

Speaker of the House, Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, speaks about House Bill 2 during a press conference as the Texas State House of Representatives prepares to take up two major school funding ...

The latest Texas House of Representatives news from The Texas Tribune. By Sameea Kamal Updated: May 1, 2025 Dozens of people who signed up to speak were ready at 4 a.m. to debate whether public ...

The Texas House voted almost unanimously ... would take throughout the year. The plan, House Bill 4, is a priority for House Speaker Dustin Burrows that includes a replacement of STAAR as ...