Texas Lawmakers Clash Over Allocation Of $5 Billion To Public Schools In Budget Proposal
On Thursday, Texas’ House Appropriations Committee approved a two-year $302.6 billion spending plan that includes pay raises for teachers and a nearly $14 billion...
Caseworkers Hampered By ’90s-Era Foster Care Software That The State Hasn’t Replaced
Texas has poured more than $100 million into the state’s aging foster care software known as IMPACT. This one 1990s-era application helps caseworkers keep...
Texas Senate Passes $16.5 Billion Package To Lower Property Taxes
Texas senators on Wednesday unanimously approved Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s agenda on property tax cuts this legislative session, which would pump billions of state...
Parents share their outrage during first public meeting over Houston ISD takeover
HOUSTON — Community members were irate Tuesday night as state education officials tried to explain the process of taking over the Houston Independent School...
Texas Lawmaker Again Tries To Block Discriminatory Hairstyle Bans In Schools And Workplaces
Lawmakers in Texas will consider prohibiting race-based hair discrimination under a proposal that was inspired by the experiences of two Black high schoolers who...
“He Has A Battle Rifle”: Police Feared Uvalde Gunman’s AR-15
Editor’s note: This story includes graphic descriptions of injuries, and one graphic image taken from inside a classroom. We are not publishing images of...
Texas Cities Have Adopted Ordinances To Benefit Workers. Sweeping Legislation Could Roll Many Back.
After almost three decades in the construction industry, Juan Pedro Muñoz understands firsthand what it’s like to work outdoors during the Texas summer heat....
What Happens When Texas Takes Over A School District Like Houston ISD
By next school year, the Houston Independent School District will have new leaders, but little is known yet about what exactly this will mean...
Ken Paxton’s Campaign Against Election Crimes Ensnared A Texas Justice Of The Peace Three...
DEVINE — In this small town of a few thousand people southwest of San Antonio, Tomas Ramirez III spent a decadeslong law career walking...
Lawmakers Propose Energy Bill Relief For Texans With $4 billion Legislation
The nonprofit electric cooperatives that were billing those customers and others like them — which primarily sell electricity in rural areas where customers don’t...