State Rep. Venton Jones (center), moves passage of House Bill 1738, May 15, 2025. The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill to repeal the state's law banning "homosexual conduct." ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A new bill that could bring major changes to how public schools across the state are held accountable has cleared a major hurdle at the Texas Capitol. House Bill 4, which has now ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill that would restrict who could own land in Texas. Senate Bill 17, authored by State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham), would ...

Littlefield and Dalhart will hit the diamond on Friday, May 2, at 5 p.m. CT. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network. The NFHS Network gives you access to live high school sports ...

Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce CEO Harrison Blair says it is lobbying against four bills it says could devastate Black and minority-owned businesses. Three House Democrats ask to be removed from ...

Governor Greg Abbott's top priority cleared a key hurdle after 2 a.m. Thursday morning. The Texas House approved a $1 billion school choice voucher program which would allow roughly 100,000 ...

After nearly 11 hours of debate, the Texas House approved early Thursday a controversial bill that would provide eligible families with public funds to help pay for private school tuition.

The Texas House passed a sweeping school choice bill on Wednesday that Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) celebrated as a historic achievement and pledged to sign into law swiftly. In an 85-63 vote ...

The Texas House gave initial approval to Senate Bill 2 – a measure that would create a school voucher program. After years of debate and previous failures, the Texas House voted to advance SB 2.

The Texas House preliminarily approved a bill expanding schools' ability to suspend students, including younger and homeless students, for disruptive behavior. The bill reverses previous ...

AUSTIN -- After four hours of debate, the Texas House voted 144-4 Wednesday to pass an $8 billion spending bill that will increase the state's per-pupil public school funding for the first time ...

AUSTIN — Texas Democrats in the House want a school voucher-like proposal to go before voters, and they could block key Republican priorities to force such an election. If lawmakers don’t ...