Government
Texas on the verge of allowing prayer in schools after bill passes LegislatureTexas schools may soon permit daily prayer times if Gov. Greg Abbott signs a bill that recently passed the state Legislature. Senate Bill 11, which the House approved… Read More
Government
TX Legislature passes nearly $9B school funding bill(The Center Square) – The Texas House and Senate both passed their versions of a major school finance bill, HB 2, and on Thursday reached an agreement on a… Read More
Public Education
3 more Texas school employees arrested for alleged sexual misconductThree public school employees in Texas were arrested last week and charged with sexual crimes involving minors and students, Texas Scorecard reports. Julio Ricardo Trujillo was… Read More
Culture
Texas AG investigates 3rd sports league for allowing men in women’s sportsTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched another investigation into a national sports league for allowing biological males to compete in women’s events. On Monday, Paxton, who’s… Read More
Culture
Fort Worth Pregnancy Center reverses chemical abortion, helps desperate momA 2-year-old in Texas nearly lost his life before birth from a chemical abortion, but a pregnancy resource center saved him after his mom called for help. After… Read More
Public Education
Decision to let Karmelo Anthony graduate prompts outrage from victim’s familyA Texas teen accused of fatally stabbing another teen at a track meet is being allowed to graduate, despite protests from the victim’s family. The Frisco Independent School… Read More
Public Education
Texas mom charged with aiding terrorism in son’s alleged middle school attack plotA Texas mother is facing terrorism charges after she allegedly purchased ammunition and tactical gear for her son to use in a planned attack on his middle school. Read More
Government
Texas Dems eye lawsuit over school choice, GOP welcomes fightTexas Democrats are considering a lawsuit to stop the state’s recently passed school choice program, CBS Texas reports, but Republicans are “glad they’re doing it.”… Read More
Courts
Democrat judge indicted for voter fraud in Texas(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Democratic judge and five other individuals were indicted for voter fraud, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday. Judge Rochelle Lozano Camacho,… Read More
Public Education
Texas lawmaker counters teachers’ union on education funding levels(The Center Square) – State Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, who authored the Texas Senate’s education package, including Texas’ first school choice bill, is countering a claim made by Texas… Read More
Government
Abbott signs Texas school choice bill into law(Daily Caller News foundation) – Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a sweeping school choice bill into law Saturday after spending years attempting to pass similar measures in the… Read More
Government
Texas to create DOGE-inspired ‘Efficiency Office’Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill to create a new DOGE-inspired office to cut red tape, save tax dollars and promote business. The… Read More
Opinion
Texas and the promise of ‘universal’ school choice(The Daily Signal) – With a stroke of his pen this Saturday, Gov. Greg Abbott will make every school-aged child in Texas eligible for education choice. It’s a… Read More
Public Education
Texas releases school accountability data suppressed during 2-year legal battleIn a win for school accountability, Texas finally published its 2022-23 school district grades after the injunction preventing their release was lifted. The injunction was lifted April… Read More
Courts
$6 million in fraud, multiple bribes paid at Houston school districtMultiple guilty verdicts have been handed down in a nine-year fraud case that cost Houston ISD – and its taxpayers – millions. A federal jury convicted the Houston… Read More
Government
Texas Senate sends universal school choice bill to Gov. Abbott for signatureSchool choice is about to become law in Texas. The Senate approved a universal school choice bill, SB 2, by a 19-12 vote on… Read More
Culture
Donations for Texas youth stabbed to death at track meet now match alleged killer’sFueled by the fire of injustice, donations have come roaring in for the family of Austin Metcalf, a Texas teen who was knifed to death by another young man… Read More
Public Education
3 more Texas educators accused of sex crimes involving studentsAt least three more Texas educators are facing consequences for alleged sex crimes involving students, Texas Scorecard reports. Christopher Demetrius Irving, 41, was charged… Read More
Courts
Outrage after Houston judge allows capital murder suspects out on bail to kill againA judge in Texas has released a number of murder suspects, including convicts awaiting capital murder sentencing, only to see them commit more violent crimes while free. Now… Read More
Politics
Texas’ decades-long fight over school choice: How it happened(The Center Square) – For more than 20 years, House Republicans and Democrats have opposed a taxpayer-funded subsidy to allow families to send their child to a private school… Read More