Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows gives Gov. Greg Abbott boost on school voucher plans
Gov. Greg Abbott has already held dozens of rallies around the state trying to build momentum for a school voucher program, ...
Texas House bill would ban cellphones in schools: 'Kids are facing a mental health crisis'
Lakeway, has filed a bill that would ban student cellphones in Texas schools. House Bill 515 follows a nationwide trend.
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As Texas’ energy demand soars, a pilot program looks to bolster grid with “virtual power plants” fueled by people’s homes
Some Texans who install residential batteries, solar panels and smart thermostats can now send power back to the grid and get ...
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Texas House committee assignments extend power of experienced GOP leaders
Republicans chair all committees, as promised, while Democrats will lead half of the newly created subcommittees.
Texas House committee appointments was a long exercise in drama. Here's how we got here.
With the Texas House legislative committees filled out, the stage is now set in the lower chamber for legislators to get to ...
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Winners and losers: Who came out on top — and who didn’t — in the Texas House’s committee assignments
There were only so many chair positions to go around, with 30 committees for 88 Republicans, making it inevitable that some ...
This bill filed in the Texas House could undo last year’s change to TAD reappraisal plan
The Tarrant Appraisal District moved to reappraise county property values every other year in July 2024. This North Texas ...
Underground home hits the Texas market. Take a look. ‘This house has seen things’
Bunkers have become all the rage with post-apocalyptic movies and television shows like “The Last of Us” or “28 Years Later” ...
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Speaker Burrows Remodels Texas House with All-Republican Chairs
The new leader of the lower chamber finally announced committee assignments, formalizing a new order in the lower chamber.
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Texas Senate bill would give public school teachers raises based on experience and performance
The proposal would expand a program that allows districts to award bonuses to educators based on their students’ academic ...
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School voucher proponent picked to lead Texas House education committee
House Speaker Dustin Burrows reappointed state Rep. Brad Buckley (R-Killeen) to lead the committee. Buckley tried to get ...
Students lobby Texas lawmakers to place more restrictions on access to cannabis products
On Tuesday, youth advocates from Texans for Safe and Drug-Free Youth were at the capitol to lobby lawmakers for more restrictions on cannabis and alcopop products. The youth advocates said cannabis ...