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Supporters of the bill (wearing blue) and opponents (wearing orange) packed the Senate gallery as debate began Texas legislators have passed a contentious bill banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The legislation, which was debated in the...

This essay is part of a new report from the Center for Opportunity Urbanism titled "The Texas Way of Urbanism". Download the entire report here. Any observer of urbanism in America knows that Austin tops numerous rankings of urban dynamism. Austin ...

Laura Taylor reports on some unexpected challenges to testing in Texas. STANDARDIZED TESTING has been on the minds of students, teachers and parents for years, but this year, it also seems to be on the mind of the Texas legislature. The start of the...

News from Texas: AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 85th Legislative Session is just weeks away from beginning and when it comes to gun related bills so far 37 have been filed with most focusing on gun safety. One of the big bills that passed during the last legislative...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – As Central Texas parents and child safety advocates wait for the justice system to reveal more in the New Year about how two year-old Colton Turner died last summer, a group of Texas lawmakers is calling for increased stability in the...