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

Though victory in the state feels farther away than ever, some Democrats, including their new leader, say Texas could still ...

The University of North Texas Health Science Center dissected and leased out hundreds of poor people’s bodies without their ...

Eager to reverse a string of defeats at the Texas Legislature, pro-gambling forces are bringing a new strategy to the quest ...

DALLAS — As Texas’ major urban areas grapple with a glut of vacant offices, state lawmakers may make it easier to transform ...

The Texas House on Thursday filed a sweep of education bills including public school finance and school voucher proposals.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind ...

The Texas Senate recently passed its version of a school choice program with Senate Bill 2. The proposed legislation calls ...

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The current state of juvenile facilities is difficult to face, but the Legislature must address it, and the buck stops with ...

The proposal, filed Thursday, comes well short of the increase school administrators and education advocates have been asking ...

A Texas Senate committee gave unanimous approval to across-the-board pay raises for public school teachers, sending the nill ...