Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Texas Senate will pass bill providing tax dollars for students to attend private school
A fiscal note for SB 2 from the Texas Senate said the legislation would allow about 35,000 students to attend private school ...
Texas Senate committee quickly ushers school voucher bill, full chamber consideration next
After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...
Sen. Cornyn takes steps to address Cattle Fever Tick issue in Texas through bipartisan bill
Texas federal lawmakers are making a bipartisan effort to introduce legislation to help combat the Cattle Fever Tick ...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Texas Senate set to approve bill for thousands of students to attend private schools
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says the Texas Senate will approve a bill next Wednesday to allocate $1 billion in taxpayer money for ...
Texas senators fast-track school voucher bill for full vote
The Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday night voted to advance school voucher legislation for a full vote in the ...
Texas lawmakers push for substantial raises, benefits in new bills for state workers
New proposed bills aim to increase pay for all state employees and provide the first cost-of-living-adjustment for retirees ...
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East Texas reps file bills to oppose Marvin Nichols Reservoir
State Rep. Cole Hefner of Mount Pleasant and State Rep. Gary VanDeaver of New Boston have both filed bills in opposition of ...
Texas Republican files FIZZ-NO Act bill, which would ban soda purchases through SNAP
A Texas congressman introduced a bill to ban sugary soda purchases through SNAP aimed at enhancing public health.
TX Senate: Bill gives families $10k for private school
The Texas Senate Education Committee approved school voucher legislation... sending it to the full chamber for consideration.
Several bills filed to weaken vaccine mandates as more Texas families opt out of immunizations
When speech pathologist Rebecca Hardy recalls her up-close seat to lawmaking during the 2015 state legislative session, she ...
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Texas bill defines life as beginning at ‘fertilization’
The debate over when human life begins took a sharp turn in Texas, where a state legislator filed a bill that would define an “individual” as “a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at ...