Texas governor skydives for first time alongside 106-year-old World War II veteran
Add this to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's high ambitions: Parachuting from a plane.
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Add this to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's high ambitions: Parachuting from a plane.
After taking a break for Thanksgiving, Texas lawmakers are back to work in Austin.
Jack Fink covers the biggest political stories of the week in the latest episode of Eye on Politics.
While Democrats are united against this, Republicans in the House remain divided.
Additional funding for public schools and teacher pay raises remain in doubt after the Texas House rejected a provision that included education savings accounts.
21 Republicans voted with all 63 Democrats in the House to strip the policy that would have provided $10,000 per student per year to attend private or religious school.
Senator John Cornyn told CBS News Texas Monday that he's optimistic Congress will strike a deal, preventing the federal government from shutting down this weekend.
If a compromise isn't reached for school choice, the governor will call lawmakers back to Austin for a fifth special session.
During the fourth special session at the Texas Capitol, lawmakers in the House and Senate are poised to quickly pass identical border security bills.
Jack Fink covers the biggest political stories of the week in the latest episode of Eye on Politics.
The race tested the mood of the South Texas town more than a year after one of America's deadliest mass shootings and a botched police response that remains under criminal investigation.
Early voting for the general election begins Oct. 23 and goes through Nov. 3.
Proposition 4 on your ballot will tackle property tax relief.
The governor expanded the agenda to include billions of dollars from the budget surplus to go toward school safety, teacher pay raises and special education. Also, phasing out the STAAR test.
Brad Benson is a Republican candidate for Place 4 on the Granbury City Council in Tuesday's election.
Abbott is expanding the agenda in an effort to approve education savings accounts.
"Lexi's legacy is our priority and we just want to honor her with action."
It will be an end of a political era in Fort Worth.
Granger, who was the first female mayor of Fort Worth, said she will finish out the rest of her term.
Harris County Judge Andrea Beall announced the court date during a hearing Monday morning.
Gov. Greg Abbott called the ruling "Another win for Texas."
Less than two months after he was acquitted of wrongdoing in his impeachment trial, Paxton is returning to court for a securities fraud case.
"He's a conservative and he's just a good man, and you ask anybody in our conference, they will always talk about just how good a man he is," Republican Congressman Jake Ellzey said.
One of Governor Greg Abbott's top legislative priorities during the third special session may not cross the political finish line.
On Wednesday, the Texas House will consider three border security bills, including legislation that would spend $1.5 billion for the state to expand its border wall.
