Texas House Approves Closing Medicaid Deficit
The Texas House approved a supplemental spending bill to close a $4 billion budget deficit for Medicaid.
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The Texas House approved a supplemental spending bill to close a $4 billion budget deficit for Medicaid.
A state Senate education panel is to discuss sweeping legislation to expand charter schools in Texas.
First, it was the fiscal cliff. Now, it's the sequester: the across the board federal budget cuts that will go into effect March 1st unless Congress acts.
A small group of demonstrators chanting "more funding now!" has gathered in front of the Texas Capitol to call for restoring $5.4 billion in cuts to public education approved by the Legislature in 2011.
Britain's deputy ambassador to the United States is asking Texas politicians to support a new, expanded trade agreement with the European Union.
The White House is seeking to keep delicate immigration negotiations on track, as a key Republican senator distances himself further from a draft bill President Barack Obama's aides are readying in case congressional talks crumble.
The woman who held the purse strings to Fort Worth's $1.4 billion budget said she was treated like a criminal during her sudden removal from city hall last month.
Texas lawmakers will likely see a bill in the next legislative session allowing some military veterans to skip most police academy training en route to becoming a sworn police officer.
The Tarrant County Democratic Party wants to run background checks on customers purchasing guns at events held on city property, which would include attendees of the Original Fort Worth Gun Show.
The Senate Education committee has referred to the full chamber a bill overhauling high school graduation requirements to better emphasize workforce development.
Texas lawmakers are expected to begin public hearings on a proposed $2 billion fund to finance water projects across the state.
President Obama's former advisor says it was probably a mistake that the Commander in Chief's immigration plan was made public. Regardless, Democratic state Representative Rafael Anchia (Dallas District 103) says it's time for immigration reform.
Barbara Cargill's nomination for a second term as chairwoman of the State Board of Education is headed to the full Texas Senate for consideration.
The nephew of former President George W. Bush is scheduled to address Republican Party activists in New Mexico.
Since a deadly airline crash in 2009, the government hasn't kept its promise to ensure that major airlines are holding their smaller partners to the same safety standards, a federal watchdog says.
