The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000.

more than half of Texas school districts do not meet the one armed officer per school requirement, according to a January Senate Education Committee report. Many school district officials call HB ...

Many district leaders ... of the mandates. The Senate's proposed $5.3 billion is also similar to what lawmakers had offered schools in 2023. Though the state's 2024-25 biennial budget set aside ...

Meanwhile, a new bill recently filed in the Texas Senate would make it easier for new ... It's shocking to me that 25 Democrats voted against that. But I guess those are the 25 who didn't learn ...

The bill cleared the Senate and will now go to the House. AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Senate on Wednesday ... passes 5:50 p.m. - Amendment 25 - requires private schools to make budgets public ...

Senate lawmakers approved an amended version of Senate Bill 2 Wednesday evening. Lawmakers started a new session after the vote and moved to a third reading. The bill cleared the Senate and will now ...

Experts presented by the plaintiffs agreed that it would be nearly impossible for a Black-prefered candidate to win in either disputed election district ... Carolina state Senate map, which was passed ...

Editor’s Note: This story shows precinct-level results of the U.S. Senate election ... results are available in 222 of Texas’ 254 counties. The map will be updated when additional data ...

While Republicans, who will be defending 22 of the 35 Senate seats up in 2026, may have the political environment working against them next year, they are still favored to retain the chamber.— Part of ...

Former NFL veteran turned Texas ... Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing. “You don’t think we should change the federal minimum wage?” Sanders said. “We have $7.25 an ...

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s.

AUSTIN, Texas — One of Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency items for the current session of the Texas Legislature concerns upgrades to ... Gary VanDeaver’s northeast Texas district. “That reservoir ...