State lawmakers agreed on doing away with the test in favor of three new ones spread through the school year but reached an ...

Higher education advocates are winding down from a busy session in the Texas Capitol, where culture wars again took center ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., arrives to speak with reporters about the reconciliation process to advance ...

The state standardized test has long been criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and putting unnecessary pressure on students.

House and Senate members agreed that judges needed a pay raise. But they spent the final hours of the legislative session debating whether Texas lawmakers should also benefit from the boost.

Monday was "sine die" for the Texas Legislature — the last day of the 89th legislative session. Here’s what happened under ...

GOP senators appear poised to violate a House budget framework conservatives negotiated with Speaker Mike Johnson.

While the two bills are similar on the major tax provisions, how they work out their differences in the coming weeks will ...

A new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the package would increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 ...

Property tax relief, foreign buyers and affordable housing development soaked up political capital during the session.

Follow for live updates on the GOP’s efforts to pass President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the Senate.

Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson on Wednesday drew the ballot order for 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution ...