The district has the option to allow homeschooled students to participate in district UIL activities but is not required to.

The third-term Republican, who is challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn next year rather than run for reelection, did not give an ...

The Legislature will still have to appropriate the funds to pay the settlement, either during the upcoming special session or ...

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The 89th Texas Legislative Session brought sweeping changes to public education from major funding increases to the launch of ...

The 89th Texas Legislative Session brought sweeping changes to public education from major funding increases to the launch of ...

A law providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools lacks the spending flexibility that previously let ...

Over the last five years, while local jails in the United States have been holding fewer people, New Mexico’s largest jail ...

First special session since 2009 When the Legislature last left Jackson, the state's capital city, without a budget in 2009, Reeves said, former Gov. Haley Barbour faced a similar situation.

A Texas hemp company is turning a very public jab from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick into a full-blown marketing campaign.

With a new law regulating solar salespeople, our Watchdog Dave Lieber thanks Gov. Greg Abbott and asks for more.

Abbott called the special session after vetoing Senate Bill 3, which would have banned THC products like Delta-8 and Delta-9 ...