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From Texas Standard: Members of the House and Senate are scrambling to plug a $212 million hole in the teacher retirement system, which provides health...

In a precursor to their only head to head debate scheduled a week from today, Lt. Governor candidates Dan Patrick, and Leticia Van de Putte appeared on…

Most of the attention for November elections has been on the governor’s race and battles between candidates.But voters will also decide whether to use…

Financial overhaul is a popular New Year’s resolution, right up there with starting a work-out regimen or changing your diet.When you want to change your…

Gov. Rick Perry inspected the water levels at Lake Travis and then urged voters to approve proposition 6, the water project funding program that would pay

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus is traveling the state, rallying support for an election measure that will pay for water projects.Proposition 6 is a…

With only two weeks left, Gov. Rick Perry has added funding for transportation to the special session which until now has been devoted solely to…

Budget analysts are warning lawmakers not to get too carried away by the comptroller’s announcement today that Texas has an $8.8 billion budget…

As the state legislature prepares to open its session Tuesday, lawmakers are hearing a word not spoken in the capitol for a long time. It’s ‘surplus.’…

State lawmakers slashed more than $4 billion this year from education, one of the largest cuts in the Texas history. More than 12,000 teachers and staff have been laid off. Some districts halted construction on much-needed new schools; others have parents pay for extra programs. And low-income students may fare the worst.