In 2024, the average salary for Texas teachers was $62,500, with rural teachers frequently earning less.
Senate Bill 7 was the legislative action which followed as a result of litigation claiming that Texas school funding was inadequate, unequal, and inequitable. However, this bill invoked even more controversy among both property-wealthy and property-poor districts throughout the state. The bill ...
Updated on: February 27, 2025 / 6:11 AM CST/ CBS Texas The Texas Senateunanimously passed Senate Bill 26on Wednesday, seeking toprovide substantial pay raisesfor teachers statewide. Lt. Gov. Dan PatrickCBS News Texas Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who presides over the Senate, emphasized his...
Texas Senate Approves Abortion Restrictions, Bills Move to House More Reuters FILE PHOTO: An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center is shown in Austin, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ilana Panich-Linsman By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - The Texas state Senate...
The Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1933, a bill that would give the secretary of state the power to seize election authority from county officials.
The bill cleared the Senate and will now go to the House. AUSTIN, Texas-The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a plan that would allow parents to use taxpayer dollars to fund private education. The bill advanced to a third reading Wednesday evening despite concerns from Democrats over transparency...
Wendy Davis also announced she's running for Congress , five years after a failed run for governor that was propelled by a 13-hour filibuster of an anti-abortion bill in the Texas Capitol. West has been a Dallas state senator since the early 1990s. He enters a Texas primary race ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas Senate panel has approved a so-called sanctuary cities bill that would withhold state money from local jurisdictions that don't hand over immigrants already in custody for possible deportation. The Senate's state affairs committee voted for the bill early Friday af...
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Palmer, formerly of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and New Markets Venture Partners, pitched himself as an outsider and businessperson in an interview with POLITICO earlier this year. “The entire economy is being digitized now, and so it’s really important that someone who is...