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Texas Senate approves occupational licensing law LGBTQ advocates call a "license to discriminate"
Texas business leaders and Texas Welcomes All holds a press conference to speak out against discriminatory legislation on March 27, 2019. Emree Weaver / The...
Texas, Invest in our Future
In 2015, Gov. Greg Abbott created a pre-K grant program, increasing support to 573 school districts and to charter schools across Texas. These grants...
Texas House approves 2020-21 budget plan, with extra $9 billion for school finance, property...
Texas House Appropriations Chairman John Zerwas, R-Richmond, talks with House Speaker Dennis Bonnen on March 27, 2019, as the House took up the budget...
Shaheen’s Hairy Situation
A new bill, H.B. 1705, proposed by State Rep. Matt Shaheen, R-Plano will no longer require cosmetologists and barbers to have a license to...
Texas Senate advances bill to shore up teacher pension fund
The Texas Senate unanimously passed legislation Monday that is designed to make the Teacher Retirement System pension fund financially healthy, and give a one-time...
Merit Pay Provision Removed from School Finance Plan as it Clears House Committee
On Tuesday, the House Public Ed Committee voted unanimously to clear a revised school finance plan expected to inject $9 billion of additional funding...
New bill poses threat to freedom of speech
The Texas Citizens Participation Act established in 2011, also known as H.B. 2973, encourages public participation by citizens but also protects a person's right...
Texas House panel advances school finance bill but removes merit pay provision
The Texas House Public Education Committee unanimously signed off on a comprehensive $9 billion school finance and property tax reform bill Tuesday — but...
Medical cannabis expansion has high support in the Texas Legislature. But Dan Patrick might...
State Rep. Stephanie Klick, R-Fort Worth, was on the floor of the Texas House in 2015 trying to convince her colleagues to open up...
Texas House committee backs budget plan with extra $9 billion for school finance, property...
A panel of House budget writers gave initial approval Monday to a budget that would spend $115 billion in state funds, including a $9...
