With federal SNAP benefits set to stop this weekend due to the ongoing government shutdown, Gov. Greg Abbott faces growing pressure to use emergency state funds to help feed millions of low-income Texans. More than 3.4 million Texans depend on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) which provides an average of $400...
The City of Dallas is facing a lawsuit that could overturn more than 80 local ordinances accused of conflicting with state law under Texas’ sweeping Regulatory Consistency...
Texas state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, a Democrat from Austin, announced Monday that she will run for Congress in the state’s newly drawn 10th Congressional District, a seat...
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) will assume control of the Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD), removing its elected board and potentially appointing a new superintendent, Commissioner...
COVID-19 activity is climbing once again in Texas, with a new variant contributing to what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes as “very high” levels statewide. According to reporting from the Austin...
Watch out. There’s a new school voucher scam — er, proposal — on the horizon, and it’s right out of the Project 2025 playbook. The first step is already underway: break up the Department...
As federal agents swept through Colony Ridge, north of Houston, on Monday to keep President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant attacks in the headlines, Governor Greg Abbott wanted to make sure he gets some of the...