Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

But Texas officials are also considering bills that could likely increase the number of people county jail officials must house as they await the resolutions of their cases. And Anderson’s ...

A Senate bill that would create a $1 billion school voucher program is set for an expected heated debate on the Texas House floor after the lower chamber's Committee on Public Education advanced ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — For the first time since gaveling into session on Jan. 14, members of the Texas House of Representatives debated and voted on bills, but not before a Republican member ...

On Tuesday, the Texas House Public Education Committee will hear from supporters and opponents of taxpayer-funded education savings accounts. The House is considering a $1 billion bill that would ...

Monty Don confessed he was living in a “derelict” house with his wife Sarah back in 1991. The gardening expert purchased a sprawling property in Herefordshire that year, but admitted it was su ...

The Texas House Committee on Public Education on Thursday passed a school choice bill for the first time in state history. The committee, chaired by state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Killeen, passed SB 2 ...

A South Texas man who was arrested four times in the past year on human smuggling charges has been sentenced to prison, U.S. Attorney Nicholas Ganjei said Tuesday.

Republican megadonor and school-voucher champion Jeff Yass has been called before the Texas House Public Education Committee to explain his millions in recent campaign donations to Texas Gov.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House Committee on Public Education met and approved House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 2 on Thursday – two of the most consequential pieces of legislation this session ...