Texas lawmakers are trying to replace one big STAAR test in public schools with three shorter tests. House Bill 8 is set for ...

Exactly a week ago, Texas House Democrats returned to the state after fleeing to prevent Republicans from voting on President ...

Prosper, would ban any state lawmaker who does not have an excused absence from the Legislature from accepting ...

Lawmakers in the House and Senate are considering nearly identical bills to replace the test as they gather for a second ...

Texas lawmakers have passed legislation aimed at overhauling safety standards for youth camps following the tragic deaths of 25 campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic last month.

Republican lawmakers seem to have agreed on a plan to replace the STAAR exam with three through-year tests for public school ...

(The Center Square) – Multiple bills addressing housing affordability become law Sept. 1. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bills ...

The bill comes after more than 100 people, including dozens of campers, died when floods swept through Kerr County last month ...

The families testified that counselors were told not to move children out of cabins until they received instructions to do so, even though floodwaters were rising.

Georgetown Fire Chief John Sullivan, who joined the department in 2013, said he worries that lowering the voter-approval tax ...

Sen. Paul Bettencourt says lawmakers tried to thread the needle between the use of legitimate, medical marijuana and the unregulated THC market.

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, made a True claim about his move in 2015 stopping a tax hike in 2016 (April 2015 photo, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Austin American-Statesman).