Twenty-nine Texas senators, headed by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, made the move to lower property taxes, right on the heels of Gov ...

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Just days after Governor Greg Abbott laid out his priorities for lawmakers in his State of the State address, Senate lawmakers pushed through one of his top priorities.

Houston, is making another move to lower property taxes. On Friday, he filed Senate Bill 4 alongside 28 other senators to ...

After hours of debate on the Texas Senate floor, families are now one step closer to an opportunity to use state money to ...

The Texas Senate has passed SB 2, which now awaits approval from the House. Here's what lawmakers say about the proposed ...

"The Texas Senate's passage of SB 2 is the biggest launch of any universal school choice program in American history, with $1 ...

The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a plan that would allow parents to use taxpayer dollars to fund private education.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick warned lawmakers at the state capitol on Wednesday that the debate over school choice could last ...

By print deadline Wednesday, the Texas Senate was poised to pass a school voucher bill that would offer $10,000 to students ...

Senate lawmakers will take up the issue of school vouchers on the floor Wednesday. The program would set aside public funds to use towards costs associated with private or public schools. A previous ...

The Jewish population in the West Bank grew at twice the rate of the general Israeli population last year. That's according to an advocacy group that hopes the Trump administration ...