Local Leaders Push Back Against School Vouchers In Lubbock, Texas
In Lubbock, Texas, the debate over school vouchers remains a hot topic, with local pastors leading the charge against the proposed Education Savings Accounts...
Paxton Impeachment Cost State $5.1 Million, Auditor Report Finds
The impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton cost the state about $5.1 million in taxpayer funds, largely to pay for lawyers hired by...
Senate Tries Again on Ten Commandments Posters in Schools
After an unsuccessful attempt last session, Texas Republicans lawmakers are mounting another campaign to try to mandate that Texas public schools display the Ten...
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on Wednesday warned that border patrol agents could be boarding school buses to check immigration paperwork but later rescinded the announcement....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.’
This story has been updated.
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
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...
