The remaining 20% will also be filled by lottery by all other Texas students. But State Senator Royce West, a democrat representing Dallas, expressed concern that a lottery wouldn't ensure that ...

It is the sixth time the Texas Senate has passed a school choice bill. State Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas), expressed concern that a lottery wouldn't ensure that truly low-income families would be pr ...

Another education committee member, State Senator Royce West from Dallas, challenged the bill, saying it is rooted in segregation and does not offer enough accountability. He doesn't support it ...

Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, told the chamber he worried the bill could lead to prioritizing white students, a hat tip to when vouchers were used by Southern states to get around desegregation orders.

The Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau has rolled out a N2.79 billion loan scheme to farmers across the 186 Local Government Areas in the seven states that make up the North-West geo-political ...

Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican torn between his concerns as a doctor and supporting President Trump, voted to send Robert F. Kennedy’s nomination as health secretary to the full Senate. By ...

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WASHINGTON—The night before Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) cast the fateful 50th “yes” vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, he approached the Senate’s new Republican leader and ...

But one by one on Wednesday night and into Thursday, Senate Democrats flocked to the floor for an all-night talkathon to protest the confirmation of Russell T. Vought, President Trump’s nominee ...

Former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell on a small set of stairs on Wednesday as he was exiting the Senate chamber after a confirmation vote for Housing and Urban Development ...

A former Municipal Court judge is going into her new role as state senator with open eyes ... her with staying focused on the residents in West Virginia “It’s all about people,” Charnock ...