Gov. Greg Abbott will lay out his legislative priorities Sunday night during his biennial State of the State address giving lawmakers marching orders on what topics he wants them to fast-track this session.

The governor’s State of the State address is key because it’s where he’ll declare his “emergency items” for the ongoing 2025 Texas legislative session. In the session’s first 60 days, lawmakers are only allowed to pass legislation related to these items.

The Texas Senate Education Committee on Tuesday night voted to advance school voucher legislation for a full vote in the Senate after hours of public testimony largely focused on whether the proposal would live up to its promise of prioritizing low-income families and children with disabilities.

The veteran president of the Texas Senate and the new speaker of the House did not start out on the same page.

A fiscal note for SB 2 from the Texas Senate said the legislation would allow about 35,000 students to attend private school in 2027.

Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday laid out his top priorities this legislative session that range from bipartisan issues, such as investing in water supplies and combating Alzheimer’s, to GOP talking points,

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick unveiled a list of his top 25 legislative priorities, including banning drag queens, THC and the spread of communism.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top three priorities behind the budget are school couchers, a THC ban, and homestead exemptions.

None of this should be sacrificed at Christopher Rufo’s altar. A&M has a cultural legacy that Hillsdale or the New College of Florida did not and do not. Trying to drag Aggieland into broader squabbles would just ruin what makes A&M great. The anti-woke hoopla is (still) so unnecessary.

The Marvin Nichols Reservoir has weighed on minds of potentially displaced Northeast Texans for decades, and now with the start of the 89th Legislature, it appears to be in state

Senate Bill 2 would set aside $1 billion in taxpayer money to give some parents $10,000 vouchers to spend at private schools.