The school board heard plans May 20 outlining the district’s $22 million teacher compensation package for the 2025-26 academic year, including a self-directed bump in starting teacher pay and likely mandated raises from the Texas Legislature.

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The Texas House and Senate are nearing a deal on a sweeping school finance bill. Per-student funding known as the basic allotment would not be

The 89-43 vote comes less than two months after an Austin federal judge declared extreme heat in Texas prisons “plainly unconstitutional."

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A Texas bill to ban the retail sale of dogs and cats in pet stores died after it failed to make it out of committee earlier this week.

A ban on AI-generated child pornography moved closer to becoming law on Wednesday when the Texas House approved legislation outlawing the creation and possession of such images and videos.

The bill is part of a suite of GOP proposals aimed at curbing the state’s high housing costs — chiefly by allowing more homes to be built. Texas needs 320,000 more homes than it has, according to one estimate. That shortage, housing experts argue, helped drive up home prices and rents as Texas boomed over the last few years.