Public Education
Abbott, Texas leaders announce additional $105.5 million in funding for school safety, mental health initiatives(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott and state leaders announced $105.5 million in state funding is being allocated to expand school safety and mental health initiatives statewide.It’s… Read More
Gasoline
Abbott: EPA plan will cripple oil production in Permian Basin, raise gas prices further(The enter Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing back against an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that he says would cripple oil and gas production in the Permian… Read More
Biden administration, Immigration, Law Enforcement
DeSantis: Texas should stop illegal immigrants from entering, or send them directly back to Mexico(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says Texas shouldn’t be allowing illegal immigrants to enter the state, echoing sentiments conservative Texans have been arguing for over a… Read More
Public Education
Abbott orders active shooter training for law enforcement, public school administrators(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott has instructed the director of a state university center to provide active shooter training to law enforcement and school administrators in school… Read More
Public Education
Abbott directs TEA to create rules mandating enhanced safety standards for schools(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Education Agency to create rules mandating enhanced safety standards for public schools in response to the mass shooting at… Read More
Government
Abbott asks legislature to develop recommendations on school safety(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott is asking the legislature to develop recommendations for school safety and other issues. He's also directed the Texas School Safety Center (TxSCC)… Read More
Culture
Cruz: We must not react to evil by abandoning U.S. Constitution(The Center Square) – The U.S. cannot respond to evil by abandoning the constitution, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says.After a teenager shot and killed two teachers and 19… Read More
Public Education
Abbott issues disaster declaration for Uvalde(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for the city of Uvalde after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. He also allocated $5… Read More
Public Education
Austin residents brace for higher property taxes as school enrollment declines(The Center Square) – Austin Independent School District, the largest taxing authority in Travis County, recently commiserated with local homeowners regarding rising property taxes that will fund its schools. Read More
National
Texas border towns fear massive new surge in illegal crossings(The Center Square) – As many as 100,000 migrants are waiting in Mexico to cross into the U.S. any day now, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned Monday as officials… Read More
National
Texas launches operations center to oversee 15-agency effort to thwart illegal immigration(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott is launching the Joint Border Security Operations Center to oversee a 15-agency effort to thwart illegal immigration funded by Texas taxpayers.Texas… Read More
Public Education
School board president sued, accused of ‘tyranny’ for silencing and ejecting parents from meetingsFights over what parents can say during school board meetings – or whether they can say anything at all – are becoming commonplace. Some parents, feeling unfairly and even… Read More
Public Education
Texas school may have illegally pushed vote on billion-dollar school bond, revealing common problems with how bond issues workA Texas public school district is under investigation for what Gov. Greg Abbott calls a “likely crime” – school bond electioneering. School officials may have pressured Northside Independent School… Read More
National
Texas sheriff: Mexican cartels preparing for massive human smuggling operation(The Center Square) – As the Biden administration moves forward with ending Title 42 enforcement, Mexican cartels and their operatives are making preparations to move a massive amount of… Read More
National
Abbott signs agreement with 4th Mexican governor as 4th bus of illegal immigrants arrives in D.C.(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott late Friday signed his fourth memorandum of understanding in three days with another Mexican governor as part of his commitment to secure Texas’… Read More
National
Second bus of illegal immigrants arrives at U.S. Capitol from Texas(The Center Square) – A second bus carrying immigrants who illegally crossed the border in Texas arrived near the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. early Thursday. The first… Read More
National
NC congressman introduces bill to restart building border wall(The Center Square) – A North Carolina congressman has introduced a bill to require the federal government to restart rebuilding the border wall, which was halted by President Joe… Read More
National
States fight Biden’s prison-to-streets pipeline for illegal immigrant convictsThe Biden administration has allowed a more than eleven-fold increase in the number of illegal immigrant offenders let out of Texas prisons and into the general U.S. population, despite… Read More
Public Education
Elementary students told to keep LGBTQIA+ discussions hidden from parents, contrary to lawA Texas school district is celebrating its own “Pride Week,” including small group activities that students – from pre-K through 5th grade – have been told to keep secret. … Read More
National
Popular Whataburger franchise plans for more restaurants in Republic, Ozark and SpringfieldThanks to Patrick Mahomes, Missourians will soon see the incredibly popular Whataburger restaurants spread throughout the western and southern portions of the state. In 2018, the NFL all-pro… Read More