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The Texas Tribune on MSN4d
In private school voucher push, Gov. Abbott breaks through by playing hardball
Anti-voucher Republicans said they voted for the bill so they could fight to improve it, and also to fend off political ...
FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth on MSN6d
Reps. James Talarico and Brad Buckley spar over schools
Reps. James Talarico (D-Austin) and Brad Buckley (R-Salado) spar over school funding leading to an outburst from the House gallery. Speaker Dustin Burrows warned the gallery after the outburst, ...
San Antonio Current5d
Texas House passes $1 billion school voucher bill on 85-63 vote
The vote came after House Democrats tried to add an amendment that would have put vouchers to a statewide vote.
Texas House gives initial OK to $1B school voucher proposal, rejects call for referendum
Gov. Greg Abbott, who for years has pushed to pass a "school choice" bill in Texas, took a victory lap just seconds after the ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN4d
Texas bill increasing public school funding and teacher pay gets final House approval
The lower chamber overwhelmingly voted in favor of House Bill 2, a sweeping $8 billion piece of legislation that would also ...
Texas House debates $1 billion school choice bill amid controversy and protests
Texas House members debated into the night the bill that would spend $1 billion of taxpayer money for education savings ...
Denton Record-Chronicle4d
In private school voucher push, Gov. Abbott breaks through by playing hardball
Early Wednesday evening in the Texas House, Rep. James Talarico made a last-ditch play to derail the chamber’s private school voucher bill. The pitch: Put the issue up for a statewide vote in ...