A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years before he was elected Houston’s ...

Texas professors and teachers' unions met with lawmakers Monday to say why they oppose school vouchers and limits on faculty ...

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to change the language in the state’s abortion laws to make it clearer when exceptions ...

HB 470 would expand the "Capitol Complex," giving the Texas Department of Public Safety jurisdiction over 18 blocks around ...

State lawmakers offered up tributes to the late Houston mayor, congressman and former Texas House member ahead of his memorial on Saturday.

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Traditionally, conservative Republicans stood for limited government, both federal and state, and for local control. While ...

Hundreds debate Texas House Bill 3 on education savings accounts, with concerns over public school funding impacts.

Turner, who died last Wednesday at age 70, was brought to the state Capitol shortly before noon ... She's previously written for the Austin-American Statesman, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune ...

Under House Bill 3, students in the program would receive funding for private school tuition equal to 85% of the average funding public schools get per student.

With more than 20 hours of discussion, the Texas House Committee on Public Education adjourned around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.