With an "ultra-conservative" majority at the helm in the state Capitol, Austin's "liberal" city council members are bracing ...

Heading into the 89th legislative session, now in its second day, state leaders have named the establishment of a school ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - It’s the second of 140 days of the Texas Legislative Session. Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted Lubbock Republican, Dustin Burrows as the House speaker, a hotly debated ...

Temple High School senior Chase Herrington, 18, won the scholarship for “Celebrating Texas Public Schools” through Friends of ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who heads the Texas Senate, opposed Burrows’ run for Speaker. He has since released a statement saying ...

The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

Texas senator Phil King is planning to bring back legislation requiring Texas public schools to display the Ten Commandments ...

The trial lawyer from Lubbock has served in the House since 2015, slowly building his stature and overcoming a scandal in ...

Authorities in Texas are continuing to search Saturday for an 8-year-old girl from Oklahoma who was swept away in floodwaters after a vehicle crash on Christmas Eve. They say her father, who is a ...

A new lawsuit joins others currently challenging states to follow constitutional requirements for public education.

The decisions came after months of discussion on how to relieve some of the district's anticipated $6.5 million budget ...

When we talk about education and the Legislature, the focus often falls on K-12 schools. But higher education is also a huge ...