Director of Government Performance and Fiscal Policy for Texas 2036. “Given a lot of the political background that’s been occurring between the House and the Senate over the last few months ...

Higher education is a competitive market. In this context, the idea is to attract as many students as possible in order to improve our pool of researchers, gain credibility and so on. As a result, we ...

That’s according to initial draft budgets released on Wednesday by the Texas House and Senate, giving early glimpses of each chamber’s priorities for the legislative session. The Senate’s ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, adjourns the House during opening day of the 89th regular session at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.(Juan Figueroa / Staff ...

Last week’s election of state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, while maintaining a certain status quo, stands to be one of the most monumental in ...

The House elected a new speaker, Republican Dustin Burrows. He defeated his own party's choice by securing a bipartisan coalition. SEE ALSO: Texas House elects new speaker as 89th legislative ...

Last year, on Feb. 7, lawyers from the Texas attorney general’s office showed up at Annunciation House — a religious nonprofit founded by local Catholics that provides food, shelter and ...

By Ja'han Jones Far-right conservatives took a loss in Tuesday’s vote for speaker of Texas’ House of Representatives. But the story of the day, from my vantage point, was the scenes of ...

Texas House Bill 1709 (HB 1709), introduced as the ... facilitates consequential decisions like hiring and employment background checks. Employers relying on AI should begin preparations now ...

AUSTIN — The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new speaker after a month-long divisive battle among Republicans.

A Texas lawmaker took to the Texas House floor on the first day of the legislative session to pop the question to his long-term partner. Texas Rep. Venton Jones (D-Dallas) got down on one knee ...

Picked to lead the housing agency under Trump, the former Texas House member tells senators there is a housing crisis. Democrats say they want to act only after a background check. Former Texas ...