Conservative lawmakers say DEI efforts are discriminatory and push liberal ideologies on children. Critics point to research ...

Sen. Creighton's SB 2972, passed to engrossment Tuesday, reverses the TX 2019 law establishing universities as traditional ...

What this does is remove testing from being the center of gravity for the year the way that it is now,” state Rep. Diego ...

A key Senate critic threw a lifeline to the Texas Lottery when he proposed moving its oversight to a new agency instead of ...

Two bills were filed in the Texas legislature that would change the protest threshold of property owners within 200 feet of a ...

Under a bill that is scheduled for a vote in the Senate, it would be illegal to entomb live bats in an unoccupied structure ...

The Texas House voted 143-1 this week to approve House Bill 4, a sweeping measure that would fundamentally restructure the ...

U.S. Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, who once rescued three dozen people during a battle in the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan, ...

A new Senate proposal would save the lottery, but add tighter controls and put it under a different oversight agency.

It is unclear whether the House bill could come back as an amendment to another measure before the legislative session ends ...

Senate Bill 2519 would block the local property tax collection and transfer process now being used to develop Austin's ...

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