Senate Bill Could Allow Districts To Furlough Teachers
School districts in Texas struggling to balance their budgets could soon have some new options.
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School districts in Texas struggling to balance their budgets could soon have some new options.
The City of Dallas is paying the federal and state governments nearly $2.5 million for allegedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.
A woman from Texas has come forward to say that Congressman Anthony Weiner has in fact been sending text messages and pictures of himself to women. She knows this, she says, because he has been sending some to her.
Governor Perry is once again pouring fuel on the fire when it comes to speculation about his possible run for president. He's launched a slick website to promote a day of prayer he plans to host in Houston in August.
Texas senators approved a new congressional redistricting map on Monday after a fierce debate over minority representation.
A City Council committee formally recommended giving a private developer up to $16 million in property tax money to go toward renovating the Statler Hilton on the edge of downtown during a meeting Wednesday.
More than 200 Texas Schoolteachers crowded around the rotunda of the Texas Capitol yet again to protest against education spending cuts.
Texas Democrats never had much hope in this Legislature, where Republicans have a huge majority and an unshakeable drive to slash spending without raising taxes or dipping into the state's giant savings account.
A new state law set to take effect in September will make it legal for anyone who is at least 15-years-old to have sex with someone up to four years older.
A proposed statewide smoking ban inside Texas bars and restaurants has been revived in the special legislative session.
Teachers unions are flooding the inboxes of Texas legislators in a last ditch effort to avoid a $4 billion cut in education spending.
A Texas House committee has approved a plan to revamp how health care is provided to the poor and disabled.
School districts could increase class sizes and move quicker to dismiss teachers under bills being considered by Texas state lawmakers.
Former first lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna Bush Hager are to speak at a Dallas luncheon benefiting a nonprofit group.
Friends and supporters of former Texas Gov. Bill Clements gathered Thursday to pay tribute to the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction.
