"Separation of church and state, that's not in the Constitution anywhere," said state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, who ...

During his campaign, President Trump proposed no tax on overtime and tips — mostly affecting people who work in the service ...

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Senate Bill 13 would create school library advisory councils largely made up of parents. It would give school boards, rather ...

The goal of the new legislation is to help drive down the cost of housing so that more Texans can afford homes.

What they’re all screaming about is, ‘We want regulation, but we want it the way we want it.'” By Jasper Scherer, The Texas ...

More than a year after a drunk driver slammed into St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, killing herself and seriously ...

The bills would require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments and allow districts to provide students with ...

The 2023 law, House Bill 3, increased that annual safety allotment to $10 per student and $15,000 per school in a district.

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Senate Bill 314 would ban certain food additives from free and reduced-price meals served in public schools. Senate Bill 25 ...

The Texas state legislature may soon consider whether transgender Texans can be charged with a felony for identifying as ...