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The Texas House has approved House Bill 8 on Wednesday night, paving the way to eliminate the STAAR exam and replace it with three shorter assessments starting in the 2027-28 school year.

Governor Greg Abbott signs legislation to expand career and technical education in Texas, focusing on practical training and ...

Since 2015, efforts in Texas to restrict which bathrooms transgender people could use failed against a firestorm of ...

Texas Governor Abbott signed a law to prevent housing developments that segregate by religion, targeting "Sharia compounds".

Camp Mystic will always be a somber place. Yet it also stands as a symbol of what can happen when grief leads to action.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed bills to address camp safety and flood relief on Friday morning, two months after Independence ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Friday aimed at banning certain property developments in Texas — specifically naming a North ...

The Texas state Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that would make it easier to sue physicians and distributors ...

House Bill 7 would allow private citizens to sue out-of-state prescribers and distributors of abortion pills sent into Texas.