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Edward McKinley

Austin

Lapsed journalist. Mizzou Mafia 🐯 + Minnesotan.

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  • 3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Edward McKinley

    Texas Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, speaks to protesters in the Capitol Rotunda during a rally against school vouchers as the Texas State House of Representatives prepares to take up two major school funding bills- House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 2 on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. S.B. 2 would allow families to use taxpayer dollars to fund a child's education at an accredited private school while H.B. 2 focuses on funding for public schools. Sara Diggins/American-StatesmanState Rep.

  • 3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Edward McKinley

    Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed a bill that will inject $8.5 billion of new funding into public schools - one of the largest such cash boosts in state history. "More than anything, this law will help students go from graduation directly into a good paying job right here in the Lone Star State," Abbott said at a ceremony in the library of Salado Middle School.

  • 3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Edward McKinley

    Texas Governor Greg Abbott meets Salado students as he arrives to the signing of H.B. 2, which provides $8.5 billion in funding for public education and historic pay raises for teachers and staff, at the Salado Middle School library, June 4, 2025.

  • 3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Edward McKinley |Benjamin Wermund

    Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds up Senate Bill 2 which he signed into law at the Governor’s Mansion on Saturday, May 3, 2025 in Austin. Aaron E. Martinez/American-StateGov. Greg Abbott is expected to choose a new state comptroller in the next few weeks, who will have an outsized role in the state’s rollout of private school vouchers.

  • 1 month ago | expressnews.com | Edward McKinley

    The Texas Senate unanimously approved $8.5 billion in new investments for public schools late Thursday evening, signaling the breakthrough end of months of negotiation with the state House. Earlier in the evening, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who leads the Senate, and House Speaker Dustin Burrows announced the two chambers had agreed on the policy.

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