Attorney General Ken Paxton demanded information from the Hutto district on their transgender student athlete policies.

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It only took the Texas Senate 22 days from the start of this year’s legislative session to introduce, debate and pass its ...

Leading Representative James Frank, who authored a similar bill during the last session, believes this is the year to pass.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has said numerous times that the votes to pass school choice are in the House.

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has vowed to pass a “school choice” law this session in response to public statements from ...

Gov. Greg Abbott declared bail reform as one of his emergency items for the 89th legislative session. During his state of the ...

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is headed back to the Super Bowl, alongside one of his biggest supporters, fiancée Bry Burrows. Hurts and Burrows confirmed their engagement to Essence ...

The bill’s supporters, which include Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and other top elected officials, say it would ...

A school voucher bill that quickly passed the Senate could reach the Texas House as soon as this week. The Senate-approved version would provide parents with approximately $12,000 per student to ...