Session is starting to heat up in Austin – the budget has been filed, committees have been appointed in the Senate, and our first hearings are scheduled. We hit the ground running this year and are ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Texas dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

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The Trump administration announced a buyout this week for all federal workers who choose not to return to in-person work. Federal employees were sent an email from the U.S. Office of Emergency ...

A proposal to create a school voucher-like plan for Texas was advanced by the Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday ...

The Trump administration has announced that all federal employees who choose not to return to the office are eligible for an eight-month buyout.

Legislators allowed doulas and community health workers to bill Medicaid last session. They’re hoping it’s just the beginning ...

Senate Bill 2, authored by Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), would create an "Education Savings Account" (ESA) program that ...

The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty ...

The troops, part of a unit called the Texas Tactical Border Force, will join those already deployed to the border through ...

State Medicaid programs across the country reported Tuesday they had lost access to federal payment portals one day after ...

A San Angelo man has been convicted of attempting to solicit sex from a minor online after being caught through a sting ...