Houston town hall ignites debate over public funds for private tuition. ... The updated bill would also increase the base allotment for public school funding by $395 per student. ...

After more than 12 hours of debate, the Texas House gave initial approval to two of the most closely-watched bills of the legislative session – a $7.7 billion public school funding package and a ...

A law providing $8.5 billion in new funding for Texas public schools lacks the spending flexibility that previously let ...

In the first debate since the start of the runoff for the Dec. 9 election, Houston mayoral candidates vied on water bills, diversity and Metro funding Monday evening. U.S. Rep Sheila Jackson Lee ...

An employee walks past the nuclear reactors at South Texas Nuclear Generating Station which is located near Bay City, TX on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017.

Houston City Council members voted to approve Mayor John Whitmire's $7 billion budget on Wednesday, amid months-long debate over cuts, consolidations and disputed claims that the proposal would ...

While divided among the 10 area districts, the totals are not even. The 18th District, which includes downtown where federal offices, the U.S. courthouse and federal prison are located, has 10,323 ...

However, funding doesn't just impact K-12. Public colleges and universities also get state funding. That's why Texas Southern University is here.

The administration of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced this month that the state was taking over the public school district in Houston even though the Texas Education Agency last year gave the ...

The updated bill would also increase the base allotment for public school funding by $395 per student. All Democratic members of the committee, including Jones, voted against the voucher legislation.

During the debate over House Bill 2, Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, posed a series of questions to Rep. Brad Buckley, the Salado Republican chair of the House Public Education Committee, over ...