There’s been talk about an optional Bible-infused curriculum in Texas public elementary schools since final approval last month by the Texas State Board of Education. view article

A group of GOP county chairs from across Texas have signed on to a letter declaring their full support for State Rep. David Cook for speaker of the House.  view article

Burrows began using the title in invitations to a series of fundraising events scheduled for this week.   view article

Will Texas Legislators Advance Reforms to Public Education?   view article

If passed, a Texas bill could ban the sale of all THC products in the state, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday. view article

State legislators and Capitol insiders gathered at the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday to explore lawmakers’ top priorities ahead of the 2025 legislative session that begins Jan. 14. view article

With Speaker Dade Phelan out of the race, Republican state Reps. David Cook and Dustin Burrows will now face off..   view article

Under state Sen. Paul Bettencourt’s bill, some individuals could submit requests for explanations of ‘election irregularities’ and potentially bring them to the Texas Secretary of State.   view article

Texas Republicans are poised to pick the statehouse lower chamber’s next leader this weekend.   view article

The path for Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan to retain his leadership position has taken another significant hit, as yet another former ally has endorsed his opponent, State Rep. David Cook.  view article

State Rep. Nate Schatzline says the measure is meant to help the Trump administration deport illegal aliens.   view article

The measure will be carried by State Sen. Charles Perry, who introduced a previous measure legalizing the commercial sale of hemp in 2019.   view article

As we near the start of the next legislative session, the Austin ISD Board of Trustees has approved the district's list of legislative priorities it would like to see the state tackle starting in January. There's a whole host of priorities the district would like to see addressed, but with it facing a multi-million-dollar deficit, it should come as no surprise that many have to do with funding as the state continues to grapple with its public education crisis. view article

The Quorum Report is reporting that;  Some Texas House Republicans are working through the night, it appears, trying to secure the votes for Calendars Committee Chairman Dustin Burrows to emerge as a speaker candidate who can strike a deal with Democrats who are this evening being urged by their leadership to keep their powder dry for now.  Of course, that does not mean side deals aren’t happening even now. view article

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill prohibiting minors from using social media accounts as school districts become a “hunting ground” for online dangers.   view article

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday that lawmakers in the state Senate would move to ban all forms of consumable tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, in Texas. view article

Austin ISD leaders have shared their priorities for lawmakers during the upcoming legislative session. Several of the district's priorities focus on funding, including increasing the state's basic allotment, which pays districts based on enrollment; reforming recapture, which takes money from wealthier districts and gives it to poorer districts across the state; and making sure there is accountability in public funding. view article

Lake Travis ISD officials are preparing to advocate for increased school funding among other requests at the Texas Legislature next year. The LTISD board of trustees approved the district’s priorities for the 89th legislative session at a Nov. 20 meeting, weeks before state lawmakers reconvene in January view article

Five Texans were newly elected to Congress this year, four of whom are set to serve in January.   view article

last year, state Rep. David Cook of Mansfield was quietly but steadily climbing the ranks of Texas politics. view article

State Rep.-elect Andy Hopper stated he has little confidence that a Democrat committee chair appointed by Speaker Dade Phelan will allow the measure to be heard.   view article

US Foods will receive over $1 million in grants from the Texas Enterprise Fund towards the expansion, which is slated to create 165 new jobs.   view article

The measure would require all beef sold in Texas to carry a country-of-origin label. 

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State Rep.-elect Andy Hopper stated he has little confidence that a Democrat committee chair appointed by Speaker Dade Phelan will allow the measure to be heard.   view article

Questions are being raised surrounding a fraudulent text message about a challenger to Speaker Dade Phelan. view article

Tuesday marked the first day lawmakers could file bills for next year’s legislative session.  Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate filed more than a thousand pieces of legislation Tuesday, offering an early look at the issues they hope to prioritize when they gavel in for the 89th legislative session in January.  Tuesday marked the first day lawmakers could file bills they hope to pass when the Texas Legislature reconvenes next year. Republicans control both chambers and expanded their majority in the House and Senate after flipping a handful of seats during this year’s elections. The ouster of many Republicans by challengers further to their right during this year’s primaries means that the Texas GOP’s far-right wing will have unprecedented sway over the upcoming legislative session. Few of those lawmakers filed bills on Tuesday, but it's likely they'll seek to push the Legislature's already deep-red agenda even further right once they file their own bills. view article

McMahon led the Small Business Administration from 2017 to 2019. She is the wife of Vince McMahon and the co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment. view article

The William B. Travis Building in downtown Austin where the Texas State Board of Education meets was raucous Monday afternoon with more than 150 people who had driven from across Texas to testify about controversial state-developed instructional materials.  While the Texas Freedom Network, a nonprofit which advocates for religious freedom and public education, held a news conference outside the building to denounce the handling and prevalence of Christian Bible stories in the state-created curriculum materials, called Bluebonnet Learning, a group of pastors who’d driven to Austin from across the state prayed and sang devotional songs in the building's front lobby to encourage the board to pass the curriculum. view article

Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate filed more than a thousand pieces of legislation Tuesday, offering an early look at the issues they hope to prioritize when they gavel in for the 89th legislative session in January.Tuesday marked the first day lawmakers could file bills they hope to pass when the Texas Legislature reconvenes next year. Republicans control both chambers and expanded their majority in the House and Senate after flipping a handful of seats during this year’s elections. The ouster of many Republicans by challengers further to their right during this year’s primaries means that the Texas GOP’s far-right wing will have unprecedented sway over the upcoming legislative session. Few of those lawmakers filed bills on Tuesday, but it's likely they'll seek to push the Legislature's already deep-red agenda even further right once they file their own bills. view article

State Rep. Brooks Landgraf, R-Odessa, introduced a set of bills this week that would give millions of dollars to the state to seal abandoned oil wells, some of which are causing massive blowouts of toxic liquid and creating pools of wastewater. The financial boost would help clean up environmental damage caused by a century of oil and gas production that made Texas one of the world’s leading energy producers. The package needs approval from both legislative chambers, the governor and voters in fall 2025. If passed, it would reallocate the money that goes into the state’s savings account – $21 billion – to new spending. Right now, taxes gathered from oil and gas companies are divided among Texas’ savings account, schools and highways.The proposed law would pull 1% of all taxes from oil and gas production to plug the wells, and another 1% would go to bolstering emission reduction efforts.    view article

Legislation requiring school districts to obtain written consent from parents before teaching human sexuality courses in public schools has been filed.  view article

Republicans netted only two new seats in the Texas House in Tuesday's election, but of the influx of new members who either ousted incumbents in the GOP primary or won open contests means the lower chamber's center of gravity shifted more to the right. view article

​Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick publicly debunked claims that voting machines in the state are changing the selections voters make.  Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump, whose father-in-law is GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, posted on social media that Texas had looked into claims about voting machines in Tarrant County switching voters' selections and the "error has been corrected with the voting machines."    But Patrick, who is also a Republican, quickly corrected the national party leader on social media. The lieutenant governor said fewer than 10 people out of the nearly 7 million Texans who had already cast ballots across the state claimed that their selections were changed, but officials could not confirm a single instance of that happening. view article

Voters in states including Florida, Colorado and Kentucky face major decisions on their education systems on Tuesday.   view article

When a Republican is elected president, he often brings loads of Texans to Washington with him. That’s because of the state’s size, influence and political leanings. view article