The law specifies the exact wording that must be used, and that the text size and typeface must be readable for a person with average vision from anywhere ...

The Texas measure easily passed in the Republican-controlled state House and Senate in the legislative session that ended June 2.

The new law mandates that all public schools hang a "durable poster or framed copy" of the Ten Commandments in a conspicuous place in each classroom. The displays must be at least 16 inches wide and ...

news Politics. Gov. Abbott signs Ten Commandments bill mandating displays in Texas classrooms The new law is set to take effect Sept. 1, but it will likely be challenged in court well before then.

The ACLU has filed a new lawsuit on behalf of 16 parents of various religious faiths, the second such suit against the new ...

Abbott signed legislation mandating Ten Commandments displays in school classrooms despite the threat of litigation.

Sixteen Texas families of different faiths have filed a lawsuit looking to block a state law that would require the Ten ...

The lawsuit requiring the Ten Commandments in Texas schools calls the new law "a threat to the soul of both our democracy and ...

All public school classrooms in the state of Texas are now required to display the Ten Commandments, making Texas the largest state to enact such a mandate ...

With the signing of Senate Bill 10, Texas becomes the second state to require the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Federal courts have already weighed in on a nearly identical Louisiana ...

The text of what Christians call the Ten Commandments comes from two places in the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament as some ...

Sen. Phil King, who represents Fort Worth, authored the law requiring public schools to prominently display the religious ...