Texas Senate, Lt. Gov and Dan Patrick

From drag queens to school vouchers, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lays out Texas Senate priorities
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the first 25 of 40 Texas Senate priority bills, outlining several hot-topic issues he says will bolster Trump's agenda.
Texas Senate's Top 25 priority bills rehash controversial legislation
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick just released the Top 25 priority bills for his legislative session. Private school subsidy and an outright THC ban on the table.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lists Senate priority bills for the 2025 legislative session
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his Senate priorities for the 89th legislative session. Of his 40 priority bills, the 25 he laid out in his announcement include school choice,
Texas Senate committee quickly ushers school voucher bill, full chamber consideration next
After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it up for a floor vote.
Texas Senate’s voucher proposal would give families $10,000 to fund students’ private school
Senate Bill 2 starts a new debate on a school voucher program in Texas. A funding proposal would allow up to 100,000 K-12 students who want to enroll to a private school to participate.
School choice, tax cuts, religion in schools are Senate priorities, Lt. Gov. Patrick says
Lt.Gov. Dan Patrick named school choice, property tax cuts, religion in schools and banning hemp-derived THC products among the top Senate priorities for the legislative session Wednesday. “Over the last four years,
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick unveils legislative priorities for 2025
The state budget, school vouchers and a THC ban topped Patrick’s list. His other top goals include raising the property tax exemption for homeowners, improving electric and water infrastructure, and aiding the federal government with the deportation of people who are in the U.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Texas Senate will pass bill next week that provides tax dollars to students to attend private school
"We're going to pass it out before next Wednesday and we're going to send it over there like a rocket ship next week," ...
Texas Senate committee approves ‘school choice’ bill on party-line vote
Legislation advances after a budget analysis estimates the cost of the voucher-style program will nearly quadruple in 4 years ...
RFK Jr’s vaccine skepticism spurs action in Texas legislature
The Texas state legislature is eyeing a slew of bills that would relax vaccine requirements after Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...
Is Texas due for a judicial pay raise? Here's what chief justice says and what's proposed
Sen. Joan Huffman has filed a bill that proposes to raise the state's base salary for judges from $140,000 to $161,000 — a ...
Texas lawmakers opposing Marvin Nichols Reservoir want to tighten water planning process
One Texas lawmaker filed bills to prevent Marvin Nichols Reservoir from moving forward and another hinted that an alternative ...
Texas Senate bill sparks debate over school vouchers, public funds for private education
A bipartisan group of rural Republicans and Democrats killed the idea in the legislature two years ago. This year, Governor ...
Texas lawmakers push for substantial raises, benefits in new bills for state workers
New proposed bills aim to increase pay for all state employees and provide the first cost-of-living-adjustment for retirees ...
Several bills filed to weaken vaccine mandates as more Texas families opt out of immunizations
Emboldened by Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s nomination and disdain for pandemic-era mandates, skeptics are pushing for bills to make ...