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Texas House committee holds marathon hearing on school voucher bill

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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Committee leaves ‘school choice’ bill as pending, did not vote to send legislation to Texas House

On Tuesday morning, the Texas House Committee on Public Education are meeting in front of a dozens of public education advocates to discuss their bill to establish an education savings account (ESA) program -- commonly referred to as school choice by supporters,

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Dozens of Texans speak about school voucher bill at committee meeting in Texas legislative session

The marathon meeting lasted almost 24 hours, but that didn't deter constituents from speaking their minds. I guess this was inevitable. The woman who went viral for her warm interaction with Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s address to Congress says she was not “flirting” with the billionaire and said the scrutiny of her has been “awful.

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What to know about a Texas lawmaker's misgendering comments that set off a social media storm

A transgender congresswoman was called ‘Mr.’ by a Texas lawmaker Tuesday setting off a social media storm. Here's what to know about the legislators involved.

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'Transformational': Texas Senate Bill 568 would overhaul special education funding

The bill "will lead to stunningly better outcomes for a number of our 775,000 school children with disabilities," the ...

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Texas Senate passes bills to fight AI-generated sexual images of children, non-consenting adults

The Texas Legislature is working on several bills that could introduce more protections against AI-generated explicit images ...

Debate over school choice in Texas centers around low-income students and those with disabilities

For the first time this session, a Texas House Committee discussed a bill that would spend $1 billion in taxpayer money to send students to private school.

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Boston Logan Airport migrant shelter cost Massport $779K; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz takes aim

The “unprecedented” migrant wave that slammed Boston Logan Airport forced airlines to pick up some of the $779,000 tab ...

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Texas Democratic lawmakers considering bill to provide information on maternal deaths

This would help provide more information about maternal deaths and instances where women also died in pregnancy and childbirth in the Lone Star state.

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Delaware aims to remain top US corporate legal home; Texas marshals a challenge

A year after Elon Musk urged U.S. companies to abandon Delaware as their legal home and follow Tesla to Texas, legislators in ...

Breaking down the Texas DOGE Committee's first meeting

Despite not directly discussing legislation, the Texas House Delivery of Government Efficiency (Texas DOGE) committee met for ...

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Will lawmakers let Texas’ maternal mortality committee review abortion deaths?

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – For the last year, members of Texas’ maternal mortality review committee have been increasingly vocal about the ways state law limits their ability to analyze maternal ...

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NCAA taps this Texas-based AD to manage back-pay settlement, NIL future

The Texas A&M athletic director, as well as former athletic director Ross Bjork, now at Ohio State, will serve on the ...

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