The vote will be the proposal’s biggest test yet and will show whether Gov. Greg Abbott has built enough support since a similar bill died in the lower chamber in 2023.

The federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 since 2010, marking the longest period without an increase since the federal ...

After the Texas House approved more money for schools in a bipartisan vote, it began debate on school vouchers.

Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to announce sweeping changes to “put ... 130 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $33,500 a year ...

Surveys show that Black, Hispanic and Native Americans are significantly less likely than their white counterparts to have a ...

Behind the headlines, and largely unreported, the basic measures of human well-being have continued to improve in recent ...

President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal ...