The Texas House has given preliminary approval to a bill that would eliminate STAAR, the high-stakes standardized test that the state and school districts use to monitor student learning and teacher performance.
The Texas House passed a bill allowing a woman who is “pregnant or is a parent or legal guardian” to drive in high occupancy vehicle lanes, regardless of the number of people in the car.
Abandoned oil wells are piling up across Texas, posing a growing environmental threat and saddling taxpayers with cleanup costs that have already reached tens of millions of dollars.
A 671-acre property that neighbors Big Bend National Park was recently purchased by the Nature Conservancy in Texas and gifted to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a visit to Texas on Tuesday that measles deserves less attention from the media, with more focus on conditions such as diabetes and autism.
The Texas Lottery Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to ban lottery courier companies from selling tickets online amid lawmakers’ ongoing criticism of the practice.
Texas voters will likely get a chance to decide whether to spend $3 billion in state funds on dementia research after the House preliminarily approved Senate Joint Resolution 3 on Monday.
