Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says universal school choice must be approved. He backs new public school funding for teacher pay ...

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Texans also heard from their fellow citizens as part of the Democratic Party’s response to Abbott’s speech, with state ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has big plans for Texas, and despite a lingering power struggle within the state Republican Party, most of ...

Mansfield Republican David Cook is taking the lead on legislation to fight “jugging” thefts, robberies targeting people near ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is weighing a primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R) in what could be the next ...

The way the Texas House and most other legislative bodies operate, members can't just get up on the chamber floor and start ...

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Gov. Greg Abbott will lay out his legislative priorities Sunday night during his biennial State of the State address giving lawmakers marching orders on what topics he wants them to ...

He has covered state politics for 36 years, 27 of them as owner of the Quorum Report, a subscription-only website that trades ...

Conservative state lawmakers have filed hundreds of bills targeting the school finance system, LGBTQ+ students, undocumented immigrant children, and more.