Patrick, a Republican who presides over the Texas Senate, holds enormous power in setting the Legislature’s agenda and ...

Key Texas legislators say they intend to pass a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

All school classrooms will be required to display the Ten Commandments if some Texas lawmakers have their way.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican, signaled the move last year after Louisiana's law passed. He said Texas should have been the first in the nation to adopt it and he swore the state would ...