Texas Republicans Deliver Trump, Abbott Major Win on Education

President Donald Trump had called Republican legislators in Texas before the vote, urging them to vote for the "forward-thinking" reform. The Texas bill represents one of the largest state-level ... Read More

Texas governor to sign largest US school voucher law, marking conservative shift

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott will sign a law on Saturday making more than 5 million students eligible to use state funds for private schools, a watershed moment in the ... Read More

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs controversial $1 billion voucher for school choice bill into law

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the $1 billion controversial school choice bill into law, allowing for taxpayer money to be used to help qualifying students pay for private school tuition. "Today is the ... Read More

Texas governor signs $1 billion voucher bill in milestone for school choice supporters nationally

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas will implement a $1 billion school voucher program, one of the largest in the country, that uses public dollars to fund private school tuition under a bill Gov. Greg Abbott ... Read More

Abbott gave Trump credit when Texas closed a border site for booking migrants.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott attributed low ... arresting migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border on state charges of criminal trespassing. “Thanks to President Trump, illegal border crossings ... Read More

Pres. Trump appoints Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to council looking to 'streamline' FEMA

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd will be among the leaders on President Donald Trump's new council to streamline FEMA. Read More

Abbott gave Trump credit when Texas closed a border site for booking migrants. But arrests were already low.

See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter ... of President Trump, Governor Abbott, and other leaders to bring the border crisis to ... Read More