The Texas Legislature is in session at the Capitol in Austin. Here’s what you need to know: What is the Legislature? The ...

Underprepared teachers have been tied to student learning losses. But amid a teacher shortage crisis, school leaders fear the ...

Proponents say the changes would better serve special education students with widely varying needs — and help schools pay for ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) -A billion dollars a year. That’s how much Texas lawmakers want to pour into water infrastructure, ...

The House is considering a $1 billion bill that would allow up to 100,000 students in Texas to attend private schools.

A Texas House committee's public hearing on a controversial school voucher bill continued into the early morning hours ...

Gambling critics hope the net loss of more than a dozen votes for sports betting — and 10 votes for casinos — will be enough ...

Sylvester Turner served as Houston mayor and in Congress after serving 27 years in the Texas House. He died March 4.

Should the New York strip steak be renamed the "Texas Strip" and take on the "official State Steak of Texas" honor? Or what ...

If passed, the legislation would create a program where parents could use state tax dollars toward sending their kids to ...

Members of the House Committee on Public Education clashed over the details of a school voucher bill — a topic that for the ...

State Rep. Ellen Troxclair cited mental health issues related to social media as her motivation for filing the bill.