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Senate Bill 2 now heads to the House, where top officials say they have the support to create education savings accounts.

Texas Senators are debating Senate Bill 2 on the chamber floor, the piece of legislation that carries an education savings ...

Scott Turner has been confirmed as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Turner, a former NFL player and Texas ...

Students Engaged in Advancing Texas delivered its Student Bill of Rights to lawmakers heading into the 89th Legislative ...

Welcome to our guide to the 89th Regular Legislative session. We’ll walk you through who makes up the Legislature, how laws ...

We are learning more about some of the 67 victims aboard the American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided ...

Conservatives’ nationwide offensive against transgender care is increasing trying to cut off care for transgender adults, and a panel of Georgia lawmakers has become the first in 2025 to move forward.

Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.? Here’s the hearings schedule and list of ...

Republicans control both the Texas House and Senate. We focus on what Texans need to know about the 140-day lawmaking session and how the policies legislators craft could impact people’s lives.

Feb 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee will vote Tuesday on ... Clay Higgins posted a photo of Cassidy to the social media site X, saying Kennedy would be confirmed with or without Cassidy's ...

Senate Bill 2331 calls for establishing a working group or executive committee of 10 members led by a legislator to issue two annual reports detailing its recommendations during the 2025-27 biennium.