Texas lawmakers want to scrap the much-maligned STAAR test in favor of a series of shorter exams. The Legislature is ...

Most senior citizens won’t pay a penny of school taxes if they own homesteaded property under a pair of bills that have ...

A procedural maneuver from a group of hardline Republicans could endanger the passage of uncontroversial bills from Democrats ...

He says House Democrats have a strategy to continue to fight against vouchers, but he didn’t want to dive too deep into the ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows discusses school vouchers; states support for Rep. Cole Hefner’s foreign-owned land bill ...

Rep. Dustin Burrows also tells us whether he thinks the Texas lottery will survive and whether members support a total ban on ...

The measure, designed to streamline state bureaucracy, is the first bill signed into law this Legislative session.

Although Republicans have run state government for two decades, the governor said he was "shocked" to learn Texas has fifth ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a first piece of legislation from this session into law. It originates from Senate Bill 14 and creates the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, ...

The bill creates an efficiency office to streamline Texas regulations, reduce unnecessary rules and improve public access to regulatory information.