ORANGE, Texas — The Orange Fire Department was quick to respond after getting a call at around 12:45 p.m. about a house fire. Firefighters arrived at a residential area at 1101 Hickory Trails in ...

Sylvester Turner was remembered Thursday with mixture of reverence and laughter on the floor of the Texas House where he had served for 27 years. "When Congressman Turner got up to speak ...

A narrow majority of the Texas House signed on in support of the chamber’s school voucher bill on Wednesday, signaling that Gov. Greg Abbott’s top priority is on track to clear the lower chamber.

The house has undergone restoration, expansion and updates since William Taylor Clapp made it his home in 1905.

However, the House is working on its own public education bill that also calls for increasing teacher salaries. In 2024, the average salary for Texas teachers was $62,500, with rural teachers ...

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — A bill filed in the Texas House co-authored by a majority of the chamber is aiming to restrict the use of bathrooms by transgender people in public spaces and may ...

Texas Republicans’ demand for a school voucher-style program appears poised to clear a major hurdle as a slim majority of House members have signaled their support. Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated ...

The Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois is partnering with Wooden It Be Lovely, a local non-profit, for Women’s History Month. Wooden It Be Lovely provides ...

Under House Bill 3, students in the program would receive funding for private school tuition equal to 85% of the average state and local funding public schools receive per student. The Texas ...

The Texas House and Senate are at odds over how to implement property tax cuts. The House favors sending billions to school districts to lower tax rates, while the Senate proposes increasing the ...

The Texas House of Representatives' Committee on Public Education holds a hearing on Aug. 12, 2024, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. The Texas House's priority proposal that would let ...

Republican Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows revealed state lawmakers had formed their own "DOGE" modeled after billionaire Elon Musk's controversial Department of Government Efficiency ...