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Keller ISD will allow homeschooled students to participate in all University Interscholastic League activities in the district after a 4-3 vote at a regular board meeting Aug. 28.

With the second special session of the 89th Texas legislature behind us, we were curious to see what percentage of the 378 ...

The legislative special session came to a screeching halt last week after lawmakers agreed to a two-week hiatus to allow ...

Costs for the special session are likely to reach or exceed $180,000 due mostly to the per diem pay Oregon lawmakers receive ...

Between now and the end of 2026, all of these issues – federal funding cuts, crime, CYFD, and healthcare provider concerns – ...

A Michigan Court of Appeals hearing over bills stuck in legal limbo marked the latest turn in the fight between the Michigan ...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she initially wanted a broad buffet of issues on the agenda for a special legislative ...

Democrats in the Texas House began the year by elevating a new speaker and left Austin relegated to the sidelines in the one chamber that had granted them at least scraps from the table.