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More oversight of state colleges, rollback of faculty influence clears Texas Senate
An effort to give politically-connected appointees more control over state universities — including over what’s taught and ...
Now that Paxton is running for US Senate, who will run for open Texas attorney general seat?
Freshman state Rep. Mitch Little, a Lewisville Republican who before being elected to the Texas House was part of Paxton's ...
Texas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program
The Texas House approved the plan, part of a push by President Trump’s allies to offer up to about $10,000 for private school ...
Cornyn and Paxton could each win their hotly contested Texas Senate GOP primary, a look how
Whoever wins the March primary will become the Republican nominee and face a Democrat. So far, former Dallas Congressman ...
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Legislation could undermine Texas' power grid ability to meet forecasted demand
The state grid’s operator said the current regulation will allow it to meet future demands. The state's main electric grid ...
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Texas House passes controversial school voucher plan, $7.7B school funding bill
After hours of debate — and years of pushing from Gov. Greg Abbott — the Texas House approved a bill to create an Education ...
Bill to remove short-barreled guns from banned weapons list gets initial approval by Texas Senate
A public hearing on Monday on an identical bill in the Texas House drew survivors and victims' families from school shootings in Uvalde and Santa Fe to Austin.
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Voucher vote updates: Texas House approves voucher proposal
The Texas House gave initial approval to its priority school voucher legislation early Thursday, marking an end to years of ...
Early battle lines drawn in Republican primary throwdown for Texas’ US Senate seat
John Cornyn faces the toughest challenge of his political career as he seeks a fifth term in the U.S. Senate. Standing in his ...