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Texas Speaker Dade Phelan casts doubt on school choice


Texas Speaker Dade Phelan casts doubt on school choice, gun ...

AUSTIN — Texas Speaker Dade Phelan said he was unsure measures such as school choice, gun reform and the ending university tenure had enough ...

House Speaker Dade Phelan hints support for school vouchers

Phelan announced the formation of a House committee that could set the tone in favor of vouchers ahead of an expected special session on education.

Texas House Speaker says school vouchers are still in play

AUSTIN — Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan previously said he did not believe school choice legislation would be successful this ...

Texas House Leadership Casts Doubt on School Choice Passing in ...

The future of school choice now is in question after recent comments from Rep. Brad Buckley saying there is limited time to pass the ...

Analysis: Dade Phelan Takes School Choice Hostage

House Speaker Dade Phelan worked with Democrats and a small cadre of Republicans to hold school choice legislation hostage.

More conservative House bodes well for Texas school vouchers

A more conservative House will head to Austin in January for the start of the 2025 Texas Legislative Session. The political party split is ...

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AUSTIN – Only one witness appeared before the Senate on the second day of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial. Much of Wedne… Special election ...

Y'All Answered: Will School Choice Pass in the Special Session

Education freedom is a long-standing priority of the Republican Party of Texas. While supported by Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and ...

School vouchers aren't dead in Texas House, Speaker Phelan says ...

Speaker of the House Dade Phelan said it is not out of the question for Texas' lower chamber. In a one-on-one interview with Capitol Correspondent Monica ...

Dade Phelan directs House leaders to revisit vouchers, property ...

House Speaker Dade Phelan speaks with other representatives during a special legislative session at the state capitol in Austin, Texas, on Nov.

Texas House speakership hangs in balance in GOP primary runoff ...

Phelan placed a close second behind Covey, a former Orange County Republican Party chairman, in the first round of the primary for East ...

Speaker Dade Phelan asks Texas House to explore school ...

Less than three weeks before his primary runoff election, the House Speaker released 68 priorities for the next legislative session, ...

Public education | The Texas Tribune

Texas House votes to remove school vouchers from massive education bill. By Zach Despart and Brian Lopez Updated: Nov. 17, 2023.

Gov. Abbott, Texas House at impasse over school voucher bill

Vouchers are the governor's top legislative priority. But he has signaled opposition to a proposed House compromise that would tie them to ...

Here's how Dade Phelan can hang onto House speakership | Opinion

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan eked out a primary runoff victory. Can he keep his role as speaker? He has two paths to winning.

In a Texas G.O.P. at War With Itself, the Hard Right Is Gaining

The speaker of the State House, Dade Phelan, survived a primary challenge from a Trump-backed activist, but many other Republican incumbents ...

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Speaker Dade Phelan trade barbs after ...

Following the Senate's historic acquittal of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Saturday turned a flamethrower on ...

'Dysfunction, negligence, stupidity.' How Patrick defines Phelan reign

After a bitter year of feuding, can Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan ever repair their working relationship?

House-Senate animosity bubbles over with clashes on property ...

As legislative leaders quarrel over some of the session's biggest issues, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has taken to flashing two wads of cash in a ...

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