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Spying by state contractors will be illegal under ban sent to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
State contractors would be banned from spying on or doing surveillance of lawmakers, whistleblowers and state employees under ...
Texas Senate reveals $8 billion school funding plan as it seeks middle ground with House
The Texas Senate on Thursday unveiled its highly anticipated counterproposal to the House’s multibillion-dollar public school funding legislation, which would establish a long-term teacher pay raise ...
Texas Senate considers rewritten, $8 billion public school package
After three weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations between chambers, the Texas Senate is considering a rewritten version of ...
Here are winners and losers in the Texas Legislature's school funding plan
The $7.8 billion school funding bill proposed by the Texas Senate and agreed to by the governor and House speaker is the ...
Texas lawmakers agree on $8B school funding package with teacher raises
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows endorsed the proposal that raises teacher pay and ...
San Antonio has a child care problem. Here's how the mayoral candidates plan to fix it.
San Antonio mayoral candidates Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos took the stage Wednesday evening to discuss their visions ...
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Pressing deadlines, unfinished business: Where the Legislature stands on abortion, water, property tax and more
A raft of social conservative priorities backed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hang in the balance, including efforts to infuse more ...
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Fact-checking Gov. Abbott’s claim that public schools have an ‘all-time high’ of $15K per student
During his full-throttle push to pass private school vouchers this legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott repeatedly claimed ...
Florida expanded school vouchers two years ago. What can it tell us about Texas?
But Texas isn’t the first big state to launch a universal private school choice plan. In 2023, Florida lawmakers expanded an ...
School vouchers are signed into law, so where does the bill for public school funding stand now?
Abbott signed school vouchers into law May 3, at the same time House Bill 2, which earmarks $8 billion for public schools in ...
Why rural Texas schools could see the biggest bumps in new state funding
The Texas Legislature wants to boost public school funding. Both the Senate and House plans would earmark bigger amounts to ...
Here's which Houston-area private schools would be free with a $10K voucher
For many families interested in applying for a cut of Texas' new $1 billion school voucher plan, the area's most expensive ...