Tag: Dustin Burrows
School Funding Bill Heads for Passage with New Changes
Texas lawmakers on Thursday passed a further revised version of a public school funding bill in second...
Senate Committee Leaves School Funding Bill Pending for Now
The Senate Public Education Committee will wait until next week at the earliest to vote on its...
House Speaker Agrees to Senate’s $8B School Funding Bill
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has agreed to the Senate’s changes to an $8 billion school funding...
Texas Regulatory Act
A long-standing effort by Republicans in the Texas Legislature to override the power of the state’s bluer cities mounted with House Bill 2127, a...
GOP In Chaos: Infighting Erupts Once Again
As the 88th Legislature takes off, Texas GOP members have been quick to fall back into their usual pattern of infighting.
Right off the bat,...
Texas Legislature Prepares for Power Fight Over the Next Pandemic
The COVID crisis isn’t even over yet, and already there is a big fight brewing over who will get to drive the wagon the...
Burrows Buries Vouchers in Pandemic Bill
Every legislative session since 1995 a school voucher bill has been filed in the Texas Legislature. A school voucher is any mechanism or scheme...
