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
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and X.In...
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...
Gov. Greg Abbott Announces More Than $500 Million In Public Safety Grants
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday over $500 million in grants for public safety programs throughout the state, including assistance for victims of crime, border...
Trump’s Promise Of Mass Deportation Throws Undocumented Texans Into Fear, Uncertainty
DALLAS — In public, he uses his commanding baritone voice to rally and inspire people as an immigrant activist. In private, the 41-year-old man...
After Learning Hard Lessons In Austin, Greg Casar To Take Congressional Progressive Caucus In...
WASHINGTON — In 2019, Austin repealed a ban on camping in the city. It was a priority championed by the city council’s most progressive...
Dustin Burrows Walks A Tightrope Seeking Republican And Democratic Support For Texas House Speaker...
Five years ago, Rep. Dustin Burrows’ reputation sustained a major blow among his House colleagues.
The Lubbock Republican resigned as chair of the House GOP...
“The Best Time To Prepare”: Migrant Rights Group Warns Undocumented Texans To Plan For...
SAN JUAN — A plan, Joaquin Garcia told a crowd of immigrants last week, they must have a plan.
“Who’s going to pick up the...
