Abbott reshaped the House to align with his priority legislation — Operation Lone Star and "school choice" — and in doing so, he expanded the power of his office, Henson said. The prospect of ...

“In a sea of sameness, it takes real courage to break the mold,” the listing of a house for sale in Cambridge, Massachusetts, starts with — and while that’s correct, there may be a tad too ...

The Texas House early on Thursday approved a far-reaching school voucher program, agreeing to send $1 billion of taxpayer dollars to families for private and often religious education.

In another marathon effort that ended early Thursday, the Texas House debated and approved Senate Bill 2, which would create a $1 billion private school voucher program, one of the marquee ...

The amount of the scholarship will also be set at a higher level than the House proposal ... the bill presented a true solution to the school choice question. "We're continuing to throw mud ...

House Speaker Dustin Burrows waits as representatives vote on a proposed amendment to Senate Bill 2, a school voucher-like ... system in 2011 with Empowerment Scholarship Accounts.