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While teachers deserve raises, said Cushing ISD Superintendent Brandon Enos, they also need students who arrive at school safely and who are well fed.

The Texas Legislature’s 2025 session gavels out in a little less than three weeks — operating word there being “gavel.” Those ...

Some measures that made it through before midnight dealt with jail bonds, an unconstitutional ban on gay sex, and the ...

The Texas Senate on Thursday unveiled its highly anticipated counterproposal to the House’s multibillion-dollar public school funding legislation, which would establish a long-term teacher pay raise ...

Early Friday morning, Texas House members marked the final time for preliminary approval of bills from the lower legislative ...

Former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon warned on his podcast Thursday about what he called a corporate-driven takeover of Texas Republican power centers. Republican Texas State […] ...

Texas is at a crossroads, and the implications are monumental for the Republican Party's future. Former White House advisor Steve Bannon raised a clarion call regarding what he describes as a ...

State senators unveiled their version of House Bill 2 on May 15. The amended bill, which differs substantially from what ...

A Senate proposal for a school funding bill would have the state dictate how 90% of the record-breaking finance bill's money ...