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Lubbock Rep. Dustin Burrows won the powerful leadership role despite less-than-enthusiastic support from his fellow ...

NEW ORLEANS - On June 17, business leaders, legislators, educators, and investors gathered for the annual Jefferson Chamber ...

Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy said the initial Senate draft of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” is dead on ...

After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, Texas' 2025 legislative session has ended. In all, state legislators passed more ...

Activists stage read-in outside Texas Capitol House Chamber Activists ... stage read-in outside Texas Capitol House Chamber SB 13 passed the Senate and House Public Education Committee and was ...

From requiring law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal officials to forcing state contractors to E-Verify, here’s ...

The deal appears to strike a face-saving compromise for both chambers over how to increase funds for the state’s public schools, with money earmarked for teacher pay and overhead costs.

Senate Republicans added language to restrict the ability of judges to hand down initial rulings against the federal ...

Senate Bill 2617 passed the chamber on a 22-9 vote, sending the proposal to the Texas House for further consideration just two weeks before the legislative session is set to end. In addition to ...

The chambers differ on how much power districts should have to push back in courts over their accountability ratings. They risk keeping STAAR by default if they don’t reach an agreement.