The Texas House approves a $337 billion budget with billions for teacher pay, border security, and property tax cuts. Changes ...

The budget for the Texas Lottery Commission, which brings about $2 billion a year to the state treasury, has been reduced to ...

The two Texas government chambers are still negotiating the final budget, but the lottery has been in the legislative ...

Texas lawmakers have started the process of finalizing the budget, but it wasn't easy getting there. Members of the Texas House got bogged down in several debates that included: tracking undocumented ...

FOX 7 Austin's chief political reporter Rudy Koski and our panel of analysts discuss the big stories from This Week in Texas Politics.

Combined, both measures will blueprint how the state spends its money (including its $24 billion surplus) in the next two ...

Among the hundreds of amendments were ones that focused on school vouchers, the attorney general’s office and the Texas ...

AUSTIN, Texas — School vouchers are set to take ... KHOU 11 asked him several questions to get more clarification as the debate around vouchers continues: QUESTION: We have a school voucher ...

Protests were planned across the country Wednesday to support defunding the clinics, which provide abortions and other medical services. Demonstrators are participating in the 40 Days for Life ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A Powerball ticket sold in Texas won a $1 million prize, just missing the $527 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the ...