The proposal would expand a program that allows districts to award bonuses to educators based on their students’ academic ...

A Texas Senate committee gave unanimous approval Thursday to a bill giving across-the-board pay raises for public school ...

Gov. Abbott returned to Washington for the second week in a row to urge Congress to reimburse Texas billions of dollars.

The Texas Senate’s plan for funding public schools in the next biennium will likely include money allocated for specific ...

When regulations are not critically examined, they negatively impact professionals, businesses and the continued growth of ...

The Texas Senate passed a bipartisan bill with nearly unanimous support to implement statewide bail reform. Gov. Greg Abbott ...

Signs that read “Save Public Schools” and “Liberty for Texas Kids” flashed ... perhaps as soon as his State of State address ...

The concerns come as the Texas Senate passed legislation that would give judges more tools to deny bail for people charged ...

It is the third time the Texas Senate has passed bail reform bills. The bills died in the House the previous times.

All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...

On Wednesday, a routine budget hearing for the Texas Lottery Commission turned into a harsh warning from lawmakers. The ...

The House bill filed by state Rep. Brad Buckley would offer private school vouchers to all Texas students, including home-schoolers.