One month into the 89th legislative session, all Texas lawmakers have been assigned to committees. All bills must be ...

State House Speaker Dustin Burrows named Darby, R-San Angelo, to be the new chairman of the House Committee on Energy ...

A new report on a poll from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs is giving insights into how Texans may ...

The Texas Senate sent two bills to the Texas House on Thursday that will cut property taxes by again increasing the Homestead Exemption for property owners. Senate Bill 4 and Senate Joint Resolution 2 ...

The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000.

Dan Patrick announced the first 25 of 40 anticipated priority bills for the Texas Senate ... over the Senate, chose 20 bills to prioritize. Patrick raised that number to 30 in the 85th Legislature.

AUSTIN -- Budget estimates released Tuesday showed the cost of the Texas Senate's " school choice" bill would nearly quadruple in four years. The analysis from the Legislative Budget Board came ...

(The Center Square) –The Texas Senate Committee on Education K-16 has advanced a school choice bill filed by state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe. SB 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Fortunately, the Texas Legislature can help. In fact, more than 120 Texas organizations recently unveiled a roadmap with specific child ...

The Texas Senate kicked off what will likely be this year’s most hotly contested political battle with a hearing Tuesday on a school voucher bill that offers students $10,000 a year to spend on ...

NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2013-2018 Senate election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data available electronically. ("Help! The numbers don't add up...") Sometimes ...

Many district leaders argued the $300 million ... laying off employees or cutting student programs. The Senate budget also boosts Texas' aggressive border security efforts, allocating $6.5 billion ...