Lawmakers pass business incentive law, critics say it hurts schools
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Within the final hours of the regular legislative session, Texas lawmakers passed a measure designed to attract businesses to Texas and create high-paying jobs. The Texas Jobs,…
DeSantis, GOP lawmakers pursue efforts to weaken news media protections
Gov. Ron DeSantis has targeted one political enemy after another, from removing a top state prosecutor in Tampa who disagreed with him on abortion rights to promoting an anti-woke agenda…
Texas lawmakers must invest in education to help boost economy
As lawmakers are set to return to Austin for the 88th Legislative Session, Texans are anxiously waiting to see which issues will define these critical 140 days under the Capitol…
Texas lawmakers push to “harden” schools after Uvalde school shooting
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Four years after an armed 17-year-old opened fire inside a…
Lawmakers hear Ohio’s version of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Right before Pride Month begins, Ohio legislators testified in support of their bill that would ban schools from teaching “divisive concepts,” including sexuality and gender, which is…