A bill proposed in the Texas legislature could charge transgender Texans with a state felony if they commit what proponents call “gender identity fraud.” Republican state Rep. Tom Oliverson ...

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to change the language in the state’s abortion laws to make it clearer when exceptions can be made to save the life of the patient AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas ...

A bill that would make the Texas Department of Safety the primary law enforcement agency along Congress Avenue downtown is facing staunch opposition from the Austin Police Department. House Bill ...

As a Texas public school student in the 1960s, Brent Hagenbuch was the only second grader in his class who couldn’t read. He had fallen behind and was at risk of sliding further. But then his ...

As recently as Wednesday, Mr. Schumer was arguing strongly against the bill and proposing a monthlong alternative to allow Congress to reach an agreement on individual spending measures with ...

The bill also proposes giving universities’ governing boards more power to hire administrators and oversee curricula. The boards have traditionally allowed the institutions they oversee to ...

After hearing more than 300 testimonies on House Bill 3 (HB 3) — establishing an education savings account to subsidize private education for eligible Texans — they left the bill pending in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A bill is moving through the Tennessee General Assembly aiming to create a criminal offense against those convicted of posting someone’s private information on a public ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas senator is taking action after a KXAN investigation revealed that no state agency is tracking the thousands of students school districts send to court over absences.

Shutdown threat: The federal government edged closer to a shutdown after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, said the stopgap bill to fund the government for six months did ...

The Texas Senate Education Committee has advanced a bill that would ban diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in K-12 public schools. The bill, SB 12, prohibits schools from ...

Jeffries' statement came as a number of House Democrats criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on social media after he voted to advance the Republican funding bill that all but ...