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Texas House school vouchers bill would cost $10 billion by 2030, analysis finds

The spotlight is on the Texas House of Representatives, where an education committee took up and is expected to pass its priority legislation allocating taxpayer money toward private education. A state budget analysis found that taxpayers could be spending more than $10 billion on the plan by the end of the decade.

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Texas House debates school voucher bill late into the night — Here’s what happened

A Texas House committee's public hearing on a controversial school voucher bill continued into the early morning hours Wednesday. Lawmakers and residents voiced strong opinions on both sides. The House Public Education Committee began the hearing at 8 a.

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WATCH: Texas House public education committee holds hearing on school vouchers

The Committee on Public Education in the Texas House of Representatives is holding a hearing on HB 3 on Tuesday morning.

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Texas lawmakers and charter leaders push back on the $870K paid to Valere schools’ superintendent

The rebuke from lawmakers and charter school leaders came after an investigation from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune ...

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Former Houston Mayor and Congressman Sylvester Turner lies in honor at Texas State Capitol

A longtime public servant, Turner served in the Texas House of Representatives for many years before he was elected Houston’s ...

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State lawmakers, friends honor former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s legacy at Texas Capitol

Turner, who most recently served as a United States Congressman, died last week at age 70 from enduring health complications.

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Bill Targeting Squatters Would Hand Texas Landlords More Eviction Power

Some fear a bill introduced in the Texas Houston to reduce squatting and expedite evictions could take away some tenants' ...

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Texas ‘not for freedom’: House bill could ban gender-affirming care for transgender adults

Texas House Bill 3399 would ban medical providers from prescribing certain medications and performing certain medical procedures if they know their patient is transgender.

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Texas Senate Expands Child Pornography Laws to Include AI-Generated Content in Unanimous Vote

The Texas Senate has passed bills aimed at updating child pornography laws to include AI-generated images and regulating deepfake media.

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Who is Al Green? Texas congressman kicked out of Trump’s address has history of protest

Rep. Al Green disrupted Donald Trump's joint congressional address Tuesday. It's not his first time countering the president, ...

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Who is Al Green, the congressman from Texas removed from Trump's speech and censured?

Green has represented Texas' 9th congressional district, which includes Houston, since 2005. He is currently serving his 11th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. His congressional ...

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Texas high school athletes may soon be able to profit off their NIL

NIL deals have been in the headlines for the past few years after the NCAA allowed collegiate athletes to share in the ...

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North Texas lawmaker’s bill would set the bar for splitting school districts much higher

Amid the Keller school district split turmoil, this state representative aims to make it much harder for school boards to ...

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