Lawmakers will debate how to spend $3.5 billion in proposed tax cuts, a legislative priority for Republican leaders.

There’s been a dramatic power shift — from the U.S. House to U.S. Senate, where the state's junior senator, Ted Cruz, is now ...

Senate bills 12 and 1565 would withhold funding from Texas public schools that don’t comply with the state’s DEI ban.

Senate Joint Resolution 1, or "Jocelyn's Law," would keep people without authority to be in the U.S. who are charged with ...

The Texas Senate’s plan for funding public schools in the next biennium will likely include money allocated for specific ...

Clark Smith, one of five members of the commission, stepped down Friday as lawmakers have raised questions about the role of ...

The legislation does not propose banning the sale of products containing CBD, although it’s often an ingredient in hemp-derived THC products. CBD has been federally approved for treating a form of ...

In addition to its school choice proposal, the Texas House has also filed a funding bill that would invest billions in public ...

The proposal would expand a program that allows districts to award bonuses to educators based on their students’ academic ...

Sen. Brandon Creighton filed a bill Tuesday aimed at increasing pay for Texas teachers. More experienced teachers could get a ...

The Texas Senate passed a bipartisan bill with nearly unanimous support to implement statewide bail reform. Gov. Greg Abbott ...

It is the third time the Texas Senate has passed bail reform bills. The bills died in the House the previous times.