It is unclear whether the House bill could come back as an amendment to another measure before the legislative session ends ...

What this does is remove testing from being the center of gravity for the year the way that it is now,” state Rep. Diego ...

Conservative lawmakers say DEI efforts are discriminatory and push liberal ideologies on children. Critics point to research ...

The Texas House voted 143-1 this week to approve House Bill 4, a sweeping measure that would fundamentally restructure the ...

Victim advocates at the center of the fight for tougher bail restrictions are cautiously celebrating a compromise measure ...

House Bill 46 is expected to pass the lower chamber Tuesday. It reached the floor ahead of the House rewrite of Senate Bill 3 ...

The Texas House voted 87-58 to approve Senate Bill 1257 on Monday. The measure requires health care providers who provide ...

State Rep. Brad Buckley, a Republican from Salado, said the lengthy tests don’t accurately measure knowledge and place too ...

The bill would bar those under 18 from checking out books with sexually explicit material without parental permission.

A hefty expansion to the state’s narrow medical marijuana program won overwhelming approval in the Texas House on Monday, ...

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