Sharing the stage at the Brazos Christian School gymnasium in Bryan, Rep. John Raney rose from his seat next to Gov. Greg Abbott during a pro-school voucher rally and lavished praise on the governor’s ...

Ohio was one of the first states to provide private school vouchers to kids at struggling schools in the 1990s. Now, private school vouchers are universal in the state. Ohio’s private school voucher ...

Sharing the stage at the Brazos Christian School gymnasium in Bryan, Rep. John Raney rose from his seat next to Gov. Greg Abbott during a pro-school voucher rally and lavished praise on the governor’s ...

But 254 days — and four excruciating special sessions — later, Raney would lead the effort on the House floor to defeat the very proposal that brought the men together that evening. The so-called ...

Gov. Greg Abbott waves to the crowd during a Houston stop on his tour to drum up support for school vouchers. Credit: Instagram / governorabbott Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily ...

It seemed like a good sign for Abbott, who was in the midst of barnstorming the state to rally support for school vouchers in Texas. In previous legislative sessions, Raney had signaled in test votes ...

Typically cautious over his eight years as governor, Greg Abbott has poured more political capital into vouchers than anything else. He campaigned for reelection last year on the proposal, declared it ...