Two days after the Texas Senate pledged $1 billion for a school voucher program, Sen. Brandon Creighton unveiled legislation that would offer $10,000 for most children who enroll in private school ...

AUSTIN – The Texas House and Senate released their proposed budgets for 2026 and 2027, and lawmakers told CBS News Texas they liked how similar the two chambers' spending plans are. "It's ...

The Texas Senate and House filed their respective versions of the 2026-2027 state budget on Wednesday. The two versions are just a few billion dollars apart. Significantly, both versions set aside ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Monday, the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate released their respective state budget outlines for 2026 and 2027. The House proposal includes $335.7 billion in ...

Democrats let Secretary of State Marco Rubio blitz to Senate confirmation Monday ... John Cornyn (R-Texas) said in an interview. “So I think we’re just gonna have to grind through, and ...

Notably, according to reports, Patrick and Sheridan had dinner together, and back in October, Sheridan told the Texas Senate Committee on Finance that their investment would influence the number ...

Treasury Secretary designee Scott Bessent’s nomination advanced past a key Senate committee Tuesday, teeing up his likely confirmation with a full floor vote in the coming days. The Senate ...

the chamber will vote again on the bill because of Senate amendments. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) added the assault of law enforcement officers to the list of crimes that would trigger detention of ...

Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, won bipartisan support Tuesday as his nomination cleared a Senate committee. The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 to ...

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Texas Senate Bill 4 — known as SB 4 and the "show me your papers" law — was signed into law in 2023 by Gov. Greg Abbott but remains frozen due to legal challenges, including a lawsuit on ...

The Senate voted on Monday to confirm Marco Rubio as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, the first high-level Cabinet official for the new administration to be approved by the chamber.