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Republican Dustin Burrows emerged from his first legislative session wielding the gavel with a laundry list of new ...

The STAAR test received a last minute stay of execution in the Texas State Legislature when lawmakers failed to come together ...

• The Legislature has passed a statewide ban on all products containing TCH, the psychoactive ingredient in many products ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...

The bill, which has passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature, mandates that schools display at least a 16-by-20-inch ...

Members of the Southern Baptist Convention are expected to vote in their annual meeting next week on a number of resolutions, including whether to ban sports betting and pornography as well as if the ...

Read more Texas continues to grow, which means housing affordability continues to be a problem for the state. With the end of Texas’ 89th Legislative Session, what did lawmakers do to address it?

NEW YORK (AP) — A Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the ...

State Rep. James Talarcio, best known for going head to head with top GOP lawmakers over the infusion of religion in schools ...

From the books children can read to whether they can use cellphones, lawmakers changed the landscape for parents — and ...