House Debuts Education Package
The chair of the House Education Committee on Thursday filed a pair of education bills that would raise basic school funding, revise testing standards...
Study Shows Family Members Are The Leading Killers In Child Mass Shootings
A new study led by Stanford Medicine has revealed a remarkable trend in mass shootings involving children: the majority of pediatric victims are killed...
Border Patrol Chief Refutes Rumors of School Bus Raids
A Texas superintendent on Wednesday warned that border patrol agents could be boarding school buses to check immigration paperwork but later rescinded the announcement....
Texas Senate Advances ‘School Choice’ Bill; ‘Rural Texas Gets Screwed on This.’
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The Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 2 on Wednesday evening, moving forward with a proposal to use taxpayer dollars for...
Trump Praises Abbott At Inauguration, Promises To Militarize Border And Build Wall
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency, send troops to the southern border, deport...
ProPublica: Inside the Push to Redirect Public Funds to Private Religious Schools
On Jan. 13, 2025, ProPublica published an extensively-researched story on how the state of Ohio became a national model in the movement to redirect...
Mental Health Advocates Ask Texas Lawmakers To Replace Expiring COVID-19 Relief Funding
Replacing federal pandemic relief funding critical to community programs could top Texas lawmakers' to-do list for mental health next year as they also address...
Beginning Jan. 1, Cars Registered In Texas Won’t Need To Pass A Safety Inspection,...
Most Texas drivers will no longer be required to have their cars pass an annual safety exam after state lawmakers removed the rule from...
Everything Is Bigger In Texas—Including State Police Contracts For Surveillance Tech
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Cartels Turn To Social Media To Lure Americans Into Human Smuggling As Texas Enforces...
Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language.
When Justin Persinger met the woman at a grocery store, he was broke and sleeping on a friend’s...
