Texas House Committee advances Education Savings Accounts, public school finance legislation to full House
The Texas House Committee on Public Education also proposes changes to its sweeping school finance proposal. House Bill 2 ...
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School finance bill, voucher proposal clear first hurdle in the Texas House
The Texas House Public Education Committee passed a sweeping school finance proposal on Thursday, along with a bill that ...
Texas bills requiring air-conditioned prisons languish despite temperatures being ruled unconstitutional
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – A week after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a legislative ...
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Matthew McConaughey, industry reps push for Texas lawmakers to beef up state's film incentive fund
Matthew McConaughey, who has spent more than three decades as an actor, told the Texas Senate Finance Committee on Monday ...
Texas lawmaker says movies made in state shouldn't use 'F-bomb'
During a Texas legislative finance committee hearing, State Sen. Donna Campbell expressed her belief that profanity should ...
A look inside the school finance and education savings account bills
The Texas House Committee on Public Education is set to vote on two bills on Thursday: HB 2, which increases funding for public schools, and SB 2, which establishes an education savings account ...
Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey ask Texas Senate panel to support new film incentives
Senate Bill 22 would create the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Fund, pumping $500 million every two years into a ...