A key Senate critic threw a lifeline to the Texas Lottery when he proposed moving its oversight to a new agency instead of ...

House Bill 4 would make the test shorter and base scores on how students’ performance compares to national averages.

Lots of eyes will be on the state's power grid this week when temperatures are expected to reach record highs.

A new Senate proposal would save the lottery, but add tighter controls and put it under a different oversight agency.

AUSTIN ― U.S. Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, who once rescued three dozen people during a battle in the war-torn mountains of ...

Rep. Diego Bernal, D-San Antonio, said House Bill 4 would remove STAAR from being “the center of gravity” during the school ...

Texas public schools are pleading with lawmakers for a significant investment to meet districts' growing financial pressures.

A bill that recently passed through the Texas Senate, which could be considered a statewide ban on abortion pills, sparked a ...

Gov. Greg Abbott continues to seek stricter bail laws after authorities lost track of a murder suspect in Van Zandt County ...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) is significantly trailing state Attorney General Ken Paxton in an internal GOP primary poll ...

The bill was authored by Senator César J. Blanco, who covers Brewster, Culberson, Presidio, Jeff Davis, Pecos and Reeves Counties.