Legislative power in Austin flows from three sources: the governor, the lieutenant governor and the House speaker. Each has ...

The Legislature has two chambers — the 150-member House of Representatives and the 31-member Senate. Everyone in Texas is ...

The Republican-led Texas Senate passed one of Gov. Greg Abbott's top legislative priorities Wednesday: school choice. The ...

By print deadline Wednesday, the Texas Senate was poised to pass a school voucher bill that would offer $10,000 to students ...

After seven hours of debate over Senate Bill 2 on the Senate floor Wednesday, the chamber suspended rules so lawmakers could ...

Moving swiftly on a central Republican priority, the Texas Senate approved a “school choice” bill Wednesday that would put ...

The Senate voted 55-44 to confirm North Texas native Scott Turner as leader of HUD, and he was sworn in by Supreme Court ...

Texas State Senator from San Antonio told KSAT the Education Savings Account Program does not benefit low-income families.

Gov. Greg Abbott says he's open to letting the people vote to legalize sports betting and casinos in the state.

About three weeks into the 89th legislative session, Texas senators sent their first bill to the House. Senate Bill 2 proposes spending $1 billion annually for education savings accounts, which famili ...

The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a plan that would allow parents to use taxpayer dollars to fund private education.

Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a Republican-backed bill that ...