The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are outnumbered 88-62.
With the 89th Texas legislative session underway, Houston-area lawmakers have begun working on hundreds of bills they hope to pass into law. Priorities for local representatives and senators include ...
Additionally, Blinn is asking the state to adjust the base tier funding formula to allow colleges with ad valorem tax rates below 5 cents to use their actual tax rates in base tier calculations. Blinn ...
Connecticut was one of 15 Democratic state government trifectas at the start of 2025 legislative sessions. A state government trifecta occurs when one political party holds the governor's office, a ...
Top priorities for Republican leaders still include cutting property taxes and funding private school vouchers. In a statement sent out Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Senate Bill 1 ensures that ...
Randy Ham, Executive Director of Odessa Arts and a board member for Texans for the Arts, highlights the creative industry's ...
Amanda Zurawski, who nearly died after being denied an abortion, has been fighting to clarify the medical exception to Texas ...
Just over a week into the 89th Texas legislature, both chambers have submitted their budget proposals for the next two years.
Both chambers set aside $1 billion for a voucher-like education savings account program — double what was on the table two ...
The first order of business for the session was to elect a new Speaker of the House – a hotly contested struggle, especially ...