Rep. Cassandra Garcia Hernandez, who was elected in November to represent District 115 in the Texas House, was born in Hereford and for most of her life has lived in Texas.

The bipartisan panel aims to tackle inefficiencies, modernize services, and boost transparency in agencies within the Lone ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said stimulus checks tied to DOGE actions would make the Republican party look good, but added he ...

A Texas House bill proposes increasing state funding for public schools by $220 per pupil, from $6,160 to $6,380, a figure education advocates deem in ...

State Representative Brad Buckley, R – Salado, filed his version of the education savings account (ESA) program along with ...

Nacogdoches, became a member of two House committees last week alongside other legislators following one of the longest ...

The proposal sets a few possible points of contention between the House and Senate, including how much money should families ...

Families participating in the program could receive about 85% of the amount public schools collect for each attending student ...

State Rep. Toni Rose appointed to House Committees on Appropriations and Human Services, and vice chair of the House ...

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is not always on good terms with the Texas House, says: “I have faith in our new speaker." ...

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Thursday that creating a private-school voucher program in Texas is “the defining ...