/tags/texas-republicans Texas Republicans en-US Copyright Thu, 15 May 2025 10:51:51 GMT /texas-news/2025-05-15/clock-is-ticking-for-texas-lawmakers-to-settle-on-8-billion-public-school-funding-package Senators will hold a hearing Thursday on their counterproposal to the House's school funding bill. House Democrats and public education advocates have criticized the upper chamber for not moving faster to advance the legislation. Thu, 15 May 2025 10:51:51 GMT /texas-news/2025-05-15/clock-is-ticking-for-texas-lawmakers-to-settle-on-8-billion-public-school-funding-package Jaden Edison | The Texas Tribune , Jasper Scherer | The Texas Tribune /news/2025-05-15/a-texas-abortion-ban-sponsor-aims-to-clarify-when-doctors-can-do-the-procedure Since abortion became almost entirely illegal in Texas in 2021, the state has seen a significant rise in the number of women who die in pregnancy or after giving birth. A new bill aims to change that. Thu, 15 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT /news/2025-05-15/a-texas-abortion-ban-sponsor-aims-to-clarify-when-doctors-can-do-the-procedure Katia Riddle /news/2025-05-09/dallas-county-commissioner-john-wiley-price-accused-of-assaulting-poll-worker-democrat-republican-party-chairman An alternate election judge filed a police report days after she claimed Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price assaulted her, according to reports. Sat, 10 May 2025 04:18:03 GMT /news/2025-05-09/dallas-county-commissioner-john-wiley-price-accused-of-assaulting-poll-worker-democrat-republican-party-chairman Marina Trahan Martinez /politics/2025-04-10/five-things-to-know-about-texas-ag-ken-paxtons-challenge-to-u-s-sen-john-cornyn Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has his eyes on Washington. On Tuesday, he announced that he will challenge U.S. Senator John Cornyn in 2026. Cornyn has represented Texas in Congress for more than two decades. Here's a primer on what we know about the faceoff so far. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:23:01 GMT /politics/2025-04-10/five-things-to-know-about-texas-ag-ken-paxtons-challenge-to-u-s-sen-john-cornyn Blaise Gainey /texas-news/2025-04-09/texas-ag-ken-paxton-officially-joins-u-s-senate-race-challenging-john-cornyn The attorney general positions himself as a disruptor against the Republican establishment embodied in the longtime Senate fixture. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:23:01 GMT /texas-news/2025-04-09/texas-ag-ken-paxton-officially-joins-u-s-senate-race-challenging-john-cornyn Jasper Scherer | The Texas Tribune /texas-news/2025-04-07/texas-republicans-take-aim-at-public-transit-in-two-major-cities The Texas Legislature is considering bills that transit officials warn could hamper public transportation in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth regions. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:02:33 GMT /texas-news/2025-04-07/texas-republicans-take-aim-at-public-transit-in-two-major-cities Joshua Fechter | The Texas Tribune /texas-news/2025-03-26/jasmine-crockett-criticized-over-comment-mocking-greg-abbotts-wheelchair The Texas Democrat made fun of the governor during a speech over the weekend in Los Angeles to an LGBTQ rights group. Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:17:27 GMT /texas-news/2025-03-26/jasmine-crockett-criticized-over-comment-mocking-greg-abbotts-wheelchair Matthew Choi | The Texas Tribune /texas-news/2025-03-12/tarrant-county-gop-private-school-vouchers The resolution presented at last weekend's executive committee meeting would have called on the Legislature to allot equal funding to Texas families regardless of whether they send their kids to public or private school. Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:37:53 GMT /texas-news/2025-03-12/tarrant-county-gop-private-school-vouchers Olla Mokhtar /education/2025-02-28/republican-lawmaker-files-bills-to-ban-dei-in-texas-k-12-public-schools Sen. Brandon Creighton has filed bills that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion policies related to hiring and programming, while creating ways for parents to complain about violations to the DEI ban. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:29:27 GMT /education/2025-02-28/republican-lawmaker-files-bills-to-ban-dei-in-texas-k-12-public-schools Jaden Edison | The Texas Tribune , Pavan Acharya | The Texas Tribune /politics/2025-02-24/republican-lawmaker-files-bills-to-ban-dei-in-texas-k-12-public-schools Senate bills 12 and 1565 would withhold funding from Texas public schools that don’t comply with the state’s DEI ban. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:30:32 GMT /politics/2025-02-24/republican-lawmaker-files-bills-to-ban-dei-in-texas-k-12-public-schools Jaden Edison | The Texas Tribune