During debate on the Senate floor Wednesday, Creighton and Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston, got into a heated debate over the bill’s potential impact on the state’s non-white public school students.

Texas public schools are one step closer to receiving new state money after the Senate on Friday unanimously approved an $8.5 billion funding package, a deal born out of lengthy negotiations with ...

The Texas House gave initial approval on Saturday to a Senate Bill 8, which would require sheriffs to collaborate with ICE by serving federal immigration warrants at local jails.

SB 8 now returns to the Senate. The upper chamber must agree to the changes, or both chambers must iron out their differences, before the bill can be sent to Gov. Greg Abbott .

Senate Bill 2 now heads to the House, ... White students make up roughly 55% of private school students in Texas, compared to 6% of Black students and 23% of Hispanic students, ...