Texas’ Republican-controlled Legislature passed several top GOP initiatives during the regular 2025 legislative session. Lawmakers agreed to create a school voucher program, ban DEI initiatives in public schools, increase political appointees’ control of state universities, prohibit consumable THC products and let voters decide whether to improve the state’s water infrastructure. This is a look at what officials passed — or didn’t — on a number of fronts.
An agenda driven by conservative priorities, schools’ financial duress and teacher needs led to an $8.5 billion boost, new discipline rules, more Christianity in classrooms and a DEI ban. Full Story
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The Legislature wrapped up without the same drama that defined the end of the last two sessions, with state GOP leaders checking off nearly everything on their to-do lists. Full Story
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