Sam Stockbridge
Sam Stockbridge is an award-winning reporter covering politics and the legislature. When he isn’t wonking out at the Capitol, you can find him birding or cycling around Austin.
Abbott Holds Voucher Rally at San Antonio Private School
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday held a rally in a San Antonio private school to urge parents to support public subsidies for...
State School Spending Still Not Catching 14 Years Of Inflation
Despite boasts from Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that Texas school funding has grown under his watch and is at an “all-time high,” state spending...
Abbott Concedes That True “School Choice” Would Cost Public Schools
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday conceded that subsidizing private schools actually would take away funding from public schools, something he and other proponents...
Texas Senate Sends Property Tax Exemption To House
The Texas Senate on Thursday quickly and unanimously passed a pair of policies to expand a property tax exemption for homeowners to cushion homeowners...
Speaker Burrows Announces Committee Assignments
Shortly after the Texas House adjourned today, Speaker Dustin Burrows released the long-awaited committee assignments for the session. The appointments will shape the legislative...
Senate Committee OKs Homeowner Tax Cut
A Senate committee on Tuesday unanimously advanced a bill that would again cut state property tax revenues to try to insulate homeowners from rising...
Measles Infecting Kids in Undervaccinated West Texas County
A measles outbreak has infected two dozen unvaccinated West Texas residents over the past two weeks, hospitalizing nine, the Texas Department of State Health...
If Cash Stipends Violate Constitution, Are Vouchers Next?
Last year, the Texas Supreme Court paused a Harris County program that would have given cash to poor residents, citing preliminary concerns about whether...
Border Patrol Chief Refutes Rumors of School Bus Raids
A Texas superintendent on Wednesday warned that border patrol agents could be boarding school buses to check immigration paperwork but later rescinded the announcement....
Houston J6er Arrested on Child Sex Charge
Law enforcement arrested a pardoned Houston man who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 for a pending 2016...
