Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has announced the first round of his top 40 priority bills for the 89th Texas legislative session, outlining a conservative agenda that includes school choice, banning THC, and placing the Ten Commandments in schools.

State Rep. David Spiller, a Republican in Jacksboro, wants all public schools in Texas to have designated prayer and Bible time and to post displays of the Ten Commandments in classrooms across the state.

Restrict THC, help with deportations, infuse religion in schools and provide property tax relief – these are among the Patrick priorities.

Key Texas legislators say they intend to pass a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The move would add some big-state momentum to a trend started by Louisiana last year with a law that is blocked in court but has ...

Key Texas legislators say they intend to pass a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The move would add some big-state momentum to a trend started by ...

Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one religious view on people... Texas could join Louisiana with a law to require ...

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping list of his top 25 legislative priorities, including proposals to cut property taxes, shore up the state’s electric grid and water

A federal appeals court case about displaying the Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools is poised to become the next major battleground over religion’s role in American public life. While the case has sparked familiar debates about church-state separation,

House Bill 1425 would allow school districts and charter schools to opt into the daily opportunity to “participate in a period of prayer and the reading of the Bible or other religious texts.

Flags have flown at half-staff since the death of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29. The official mourning period concludes Monday.