Government
Texas Senate passes school safety expansion(The Center Square) – Ahead of the fourth special legislative session ending Dec. 7, the Texas Senate unanimously passed a school safety bill on Friday as conflict between the… Read More
Public Education
‘We had no idea.’ Convicted prostitute removed from Texas school district’s sex ed councilA convicted prostitute has been removed from a Texas school district’s sex education advisory council, raising questions about accountability and oversight. As a local parent, Ashley Ketcherside served… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Texas Border Patrol agents apprehend child sex offenders, rapists(The Center Square) – U.S. Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend foreign nationals illegally entering Texas who are known child sex offenders.In one of the heaviest trafficked areas… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Eagle Pass braces for another surge of illegal border crossers(The Center Square) – The small border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, is bracing for another surge of an expected group of thousands of people illegally entering from Mexico. Read More
Culture
Couple wins Simon-DeVos prize for innovation in education(The Daily Signal) – A 2009 encounter with a public school teacher dramatically changed the course of Laura and Jeff Sandefer’s lives—and the lives of thousands of students. Read More
Courts
Local government violates the Constitution by charging taxes disguised as fees, church claims in new lawsuit(The Daily Signal) – A Texas church is suing the local government, claiming that “illegal excessive” fees to install a water tap violate the U.S. Constitution and the state’s… Read More
Energy
New Mexico governor touts flawed study by biased group to claim regulatory win(The Center Square) – New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham claims her administration's oil and gas regulations have positively impacted the state's greenhouse gas emissions when compared to less… Read More
Illegal Immigration
More unaccompanied migrant children being ‘resettled’ in Texas than elsewhere(The Center Square) – The greatest number of unaccompanied children (UACs) arriving at the U.S. border are being “resettled” in Texas. UACs have been sent to all 50… Read More
Public Education
Texas school districts fight accountability measure implemented by the Texas Education AgencyThe Texas Education Agency (TEA) has appealed a court’s decision to block its release of its new school accountability ratings for the last school year after school districts sued. Read More
Terrorism
Hamas supporters vandalize Texas congresswoman’s office in McAllen(The Center Square) – Hamas supporters vandalized a Texas congresswoman’s office in a south Texas border community that is still grappling with unprecedented numbers of illegal border crossers.The… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Over 1.9 million people illegally entered Texas in fiscal 2023(The Center Square) – As Democratic governors and mayors urge President Joe Biden to do more as several thousand illegal foreign nationals flood their communities from the… Read More
Government
Texas Senate passes four priority bills, including school choice(The Center Square) – Within two days of Gov. Greg Abbott calling a fourth special legislative session, the Texas Senate passed four bills, advancing all of his legislative priorities… Read More
Biden administration
Federal judge extends order preventing feds from destroying Texas border barrier(The Center Square) – A federal judge on Thursday extended her initial temporary restraining order by another two weeks, blocking the Biden administration from destroying Texas’ concertina wire barrier… Read More
Culture
Texans pass billions of dollars worth of bond debt, paid for by property tax hikes(The Center Square) – Texans statewide passed billions of dollars’ worth of bonds on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. All bond proposition ballot language explicitly states, “This is a… Read More
Culture
Ted Cruz lays out his ‘battle plan’ to retake the institutions from cultural marxism(The Daily Signal) – How did every aspect of American society lurch so far to the left seemingly overnight, and what can Americans do to restore sanity in an… Read More
Public Education
Texas Gov. Abbott reaches deal with House Speaker on school choice planDays after reports that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice bill would not pass the state House, the governor announced a deal with the Texas… Read More
Government
Abbott enlists parents to get school choice for every Texas student ‘across the finish line’(The Daily Signal) – Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Tuesday called for parents to contact their state representatives and encourage them to get school choice “across… Read More
Government
Texas House bill on school choice opposed by Gov. Abbott is ‘D.O.A.’ under session rulesA new school choice proposal authored by a Republican in the Texas House is dead-on-arrival, and not just because Gov. Greg Abbott opposes some of its provisions. The… Read More
Public Education
Watchdog says Texas schools ‘some of worst in country’ in teaching critical race theory(The Daily Signal) – Public schools in Texas continue to teach racially discriminatory content to children in violation of state law and without parents knowing, Accuracy in Media President… Read More
Government
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott celebrates Senate passage of school choice bill now with HouseTexas Gov. Greg Abbott praised the passage of his school choice bill in the state Senate Thursday, even as the chances for passing the bill in the state House… Read More