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We asked lawmakers about the importance of these wooden mallets in the chambers.
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Texas Senate panel debates sweeping, $8 billion school funding bill after making significant changesThe Texas House originally passed House Bill 2, a multibillion-dollar school funding package, in April. But the version of the legislation heard Thursday by a panel of Texas senators includes several significant changes from what the House approved.
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Texas lawmakers are steps away from passing a bill that would prevent governments from enforcing extreme risk protection orders. Those allow firearms to be temporarily removed from a person when they’re deemed a serious risk of harming themselves or others.
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His office plans to depose the superintendent and others as part of an investigation into whether the district is using teaching materials linked to the "1619 Project," which was banned in Texas public schools 2021.
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The money will go toward expanding existing schools, building new ones, funding tech upgrades and more.
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A small group of mostly SpaceX employees voted to incorporate the area around the SpaceX rocket testing and launch site near Brownsville as the City of Starbase.
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President Trump has long accused NPR and PBS stations of having a left-wing bias. If the order withstands potential legal challenges, public media stations in Austin could lose millions of dollars in annual funding.
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The sweeping legislation creates Education Savings Accounts, which allow parents to use state tax dollars toward private education costs. With $1 billion in initial funding, Texas’ program is the largest day 1 plan of its kind in the nation.
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In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can't. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it "blatantly unlawful".
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Abortion is illegal in Texas, but some women are still accessing abortion through mail-order drugs. Senate Bill 2880 aims to crack down on the practice.
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The City of Starbase would encompass the SpaceX rocket testing and launch complex in South Texas. It could lay the groundwork for similar towns Musk plans to create here in the future.
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The City Council is set to vote on a resolution Tuesday. The governor called the measure antisemitic and said it violated state law.