For the second legislative session, lawmakers have withdrawn funding for a company selling kits that promise to help find ...

As Gov. Greg Abbott signs bills passed by the Texas legislature, members from both parties talked about the session's big ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools, offering relief to ...

The $8.5 billion school funding bill also allocates $4.2 billion for teacher and staff pay raises and $1.3 billion for ...

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Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000-page budget proposal. The move comes two years after they quietly cut funding for ... and other financial issues had been resolved.

Texas’ 2025 legislative session will likely be remembered for its education agenda. Lawmakers advanced bills that will have a ...

Currently, nearly 100,000 children in Texas are on a waitlist for state financial assistance to help cover child care costs.

By Texas Tribune Staff, The Texas Tribune June 2, 2025 "The 2025 regular Texas legislative session is over. Here’s what lawmakers did." was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, ...

Revelations around abuse at a San Antonio group home have parents worried and advocates reflecting on years of issues in ...

Pita Espinosa leads a group of young children in a song that teaches Spanish words at the Learning Tree child ... Texas’ decision to use previously unallocated federal dollars to address these issues ...