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Angie Teems, chair of the Walker County Board of Commissioners, said via email the Walker County Animal Shelter will have 40 ...

The Texas House gave initial approval early Thursday to a bill that would create a $1 billion private school voucher program, crossing a historic milestone and bringing Gov. Greg Abbott’s top ...

Construction delays caused by the severe winter weather and spring flooding are prompting the decision, the mayor said.

A $1 billion-per-year voucher program the Texas Legislature sent to the governor last week and a longshot push in Congress to expand vouchers nationally, including to states that have rejected ...

Three academics in 2017 wrote in the Journal of Economic Literature that some evidence suggests that as competition from voucher programs increases, test scores in public schools slightly improve.

Lawmakers budgeted enough money to fund more than 21,000 scholarships for students zoned to attend low-performing public schools.

Others deny vouchers based on the false assumption that ... Eva Wen is an investigative data reporter at the Journal Sentinel. She can be reached at [email protected].

Jay Dean was one of 85 “yes” votes early Thursday for a bill in the Texas House that would implement the state’s first school voucher program using public money for private education.

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota's Republican governor on Wednesday vetoed bills to further restrict sexual content in libraries and to create a private school voucher program, rejecting two ...