Barbecue benefit to be held for Salado student battling high-risk leukemia
SALADO, Texas (KWTX) - A single mom in Salado is speaking about her child’s journey and raising awareness for childhood ...
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Central Texas educators provide insight as school choice bill passes Texas Senate, heads to the House
WACO, Texas (KWTX ... On the other hand, Salado ISD Superintendent Michael Novotny said the bill will impact every public school by taking away funding. “In the short term it’ll take ...
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Texas senators file bill for more property tax relief
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, is making another move to lower property taxes. On Friday, he filed Senate Bill 4, alongside 28 other senators, to increase the residence ...
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Texas Senate passes bill creating school voucher-like program
The vote on Senate Bill 2 also comes less than a week since the Texas Senate Education Committee quickly moved the bill forward. SB 2 now heads to the Texas House for consideration. Texas ...
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Texas school voucher bill arrives in House, speaker says proposal has enough support
State leaders on Thursday praised the Texas Senate for its swift passage of a school voucher bill that breezed through the upper chamber a day earlier after hours of debate over the legislation ...
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As Trump takes office, a new Texas bill would make it easier to build the border wall
Meanwhile, a new bill recently filed in the Texas Senate would make it easier for new border wall segments to be built in the Lone Star State. CBS News Texas politics reporter Jack Fink spoke with ...
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Texas State Teachers Association warns that voucher bill will hurt teachers' pay
AUSTIN, Texas — On Wednesday night, the Texas Senate took action on Senate Bill 2, which would establish education savings accounts, or what opponents call vouchers. However, some are raising ...
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Texas lawmakers consider putting Ten Commandments in public schools—again
A new bill is set to be introduced this week that would bring the Ten Commandments into all Texas public school classrooms. "But, SPEAKER Dade Phelan killed the bill by letting it languish in ...
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Texas kicks off 89th legislative session with new strategic Bitcoin reserve bill
Texas state Senator Charles Schwertner has introduced a bill in the new legislative session to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve in the Lone Star State. “It’s time for Texas to lead the ...
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Texas bill that lets families use tax dollars for private schools swiftly sails through Senate
Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a Republican-backed bill that sailed through the Senate late Wednesday. Under Senate Bill 2 ...
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Texas bill that lets families use tax dollars for private schools swiftly sails through Senate
Read the original article here. Texas families could use tax dollars to fund their children’s private school tuition under a Republican-backed bill that sailed through the Senate late Wednesday.
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Migrant detention bill before U.S. Senate could give Texas more sway over immigration policy
The U.S. Senate is readying to vote this week on a bill that could dramatically ... of certain policies," said Tyler Owen, a spokesman for the Texas Municipal Police Association, which ...