COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids 5-11 Are Heading to Texas After FDA Gives Pfizer Shot...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on children ages 5-11, marking a long-awaited...
DACA Remains Intact As Appeals Court Sends Case Challenging Its Legality Back To Lower...
A federal appeals court on Wednesday sent a case challenging the legality of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA — a national program...
Republican Texas Lawmakers Reviving Push to End In-state Tuition for Undocumented College Students
Two freshman Republican state representatives want to stop undocumented immigrants from being able to pay in-state tuition at Texas’ public universities, they announced Friday....
New Texas Maternal Mortality Report Shows Disparities Persist
At least 118 women dead and nearly 200 children left without a mother.
This was just a portion of the death toll from pregnancy and...
Texas Legislature Advances Bills to Shield Oil and Gas From Climate Initiatives
Two bills that were advanced by the Texas Legislature this week attempt to protect the state’s oil and gas industry from efforts to reduce...
Republicans Flip U.S. House Seat In South Texas, Historically A Democratic Stronghold
Republican Mayra Flores prevailed Tuesday in a special election for an open congressional seat in South Texas, marking a major breakthrough for Republicans eager...
Voucher Proposal Spurs Mix Of Excitement, Wariness In Texas Home Schooling Community
By September 2020, Crista Swier’s second grade daughter had had enough of online school.
Classes were being held by video conference because of the COVID-19...
Texas’ Child Welfare Agency Blocked From Investigating Many More Parents Of Trans Teens
Texas’ child welfare agency is once again blocked from investigating parents who provide gender-affirming care to their transgender children. The injunction applies to any...
Austin Voters Reject Ballot Proposition to Hire More Police Officers
Supporters of Proposition A argued that boosting the ranks of the police force was necessary to combat the city’s growing homicide rate, a trend...
Special Texas House Election for Former State Rep. Leo Pacheco’s San Antonio-area District will...
Gov. Greg Abbott has picked Sept. 28 as the date of the special election to replace former state Rep. Leo Pacheco, D-San Antonio.
The candidate...
