Gov. Greg Abbott takes a photo with students and staff after speaking about school vouchers at Parent Empowerment Night at Harvest Christian Academy in Edinburg on Feb. 6, 2025.

Abbott wanted a universal voucher program where all Texas students would be eligible to receive about $10,400 a year for private school tuition, homeschool supplies, online tutoring, or whatever ...

Abbott himself was also eyeing a larger national profile — potentially a 2024 presidential run — and was routinely being compared to Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, where school vouchers with ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is finally addressing pay raises for teachers–but not in a way many would've liked. Hours before Senate lawmakers passed SB 1 on school vouchers ...

Governor Abbott stated that Republican candidates who support his school voucher plan defeated several Democrats who oppose it. Making it easier for his plan to get approved by the state legislature.

During the news conference with Abbott, Ducey pushed back on ProPublica's article, saying his successor, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, was to blame for the $1.4 billion budget shortfall last year.

Shortly after, Gov. Greg Abbott reminded senators of the importance of their duties over the next 140 days, with passing a school voucher proposal still a top priority.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks to attendees at a Parent Empowerment Night event, where he advocated for school choice and vouchers, at Temple Christian School in Fort Worth on Thursday, March 6 ...

The Texas Senate voted on Thursday to send legislation creating a statewide private school voucher program to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk to be signed into law, all but concluding an ugly intraparty ...

Since his reelection campaign in 2022, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been foiled in perhaps his biggest priority as the state’s leader: Passing a school voucher-like program that would allow ...

The morning after Gov. Greg Abbott delivered his biennial State of the State address and, as expected, declared the passage of a school voucher-like program an emergency item for the 89th ...