Texas Comptroller provides rollout details on state’s online creates education savings account marketplace
Hancock said the website will “be ready to go in January" but further details about the program’s rollout remain unclear, and the exact dates of the enrollment period, the name of the website, and the specific documentation required to apply have yet to be announced.
Texas Youth Summit in The Woodlands to honor Charlie Kirk, feature state’s Republican leaders
Kirk, who led a national conservative student organization that sponsors the annual summit, was assassinated last Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for lawmakers to replace STAAR test as part of special session
Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized testing in Texas. For many critics, STAAR tests are a focus of resentment when low test scores in a single school are used to punish whole school districts.
With days until the signing deadline, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gives no hint where he stands on a THC ban
Abbott is under heavy pressure from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to sign Senate Bill 3 into law, but the multibillion-dollar legal hemp industry is pushing back just as hard for a veto.
Supreme Court to hear arguments on Texas porn law
At issue is a Texas law that mandates pornography websites verify the ages of their users before they gain access to the material.
Texas Children’s Hospital comments on Abbott’s funding threat over new immigration status question
An executive order issued by Abbott earlier this year directed Texas hospitals to ask patients if they are U.S. citizens, and begin collecting information about those who are not. The order, however does not specifically mandate patients to answer the question.
Greg Abbott’s office condemns Texas House lawmakers that intervened in Robert Roberson’s execution
The brief accounts for Abbott's first public comments on the matter. The governor, who had the ability to grant Roberson a 30-day reprieve was silent last week as the unprecedented legal battle unfolded.
Abbott order will require Texas public hospitals to collect patients’ immigration status
Previous guidance for public hospitals did not include questions about immigration status. The executive order would mandate the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to collect this information so that the state of Texas could then bill the federal government.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lists housing affordability, fighting antisemitism on campus among 2025 priorit
Examining charitable bail organizations and banning Delta 9 were also among Patrick’s priorities in the next legislative session.
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