For thousands of low-income Houstonians, brown water gushing into their backyards and seeping up through their bathroom sinks has become an unavoidable reality....
Under HB17, local residents can now petition to remove prosecutors if they have “a policy of refusing to prosecute a class or type of criminal offense.” And the case must be presented and presided over by outside judges and prosecutors....
In the first-floor classrooms of a refurbished historical schoolhouse in Houston’s Third Ward, kindergarten-through-5th-graders pray before going to lunch and gather each day for Bible study. A large, green banner saying “He Is Risen” is posted on the hallway wall....
A Texas man has asked a court for permission to launch an investigation into his ex-partner’s alleged out-of-state abortion, which could lead to one of the first lawsuits against people who help Texans leave the state to obtain the procedure....
Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with Darryl George, the student suspended from the Barbers Hill Independent School District, Watson Coleman said. “For months, Darryl George has been denied a high school education, because he wears his hair in locs. He’s worn his hair that way for years without an issue,...
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The University of Houston has informed the NFL that it will proceed with plans to add an alternate blue uniform. The about-face comes six months after the NFL’s merchandising and licensing division sent a cease-and-desist letter to UH, threatening legal action if the school did not halt what was described as UH’s “blatant...
Teacher unions, lawmakers and parents say they were blindsided by the changes they fear could punish students who give creative or atypical answers computers don’t recognize. STAAR test results are particularly sensitive because they are used to determine the state’s A-F ratings for public schools. If a campus receives five...
Texas Republican leaders are pushing back on the Biden administration’s new rules that bar schools from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity....
The 14th Court of Appeals has denied an emergency motion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office seeking to stop Harris County’s new guaranteed income program, Uplift Harris, from sending out checks to low-income residents this week....
About 55% of the nearly $26 million Cruz has raised this cycle from individuals comes from people who do not live in Texas, according to OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan group in Washington, D.C., that tracks money in politics. The analysis doesn’t include fundraising from political action committees or other fundraising committees.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office is asking an appeals court to stop Harris County’s new guaranteed income program, Uplift Harris, from sending out checks to low-income residents after a judge on Thursday ruled that the program could move forward....
The deal comes as the federal government is distributing tens of billions of dollars for the construction of computer chip plants in the United States, an effort aimed at reducing the nation’s increasing dependence on supply chains running through Asia....
U.S. District Judge Janis Jack said Monday that the Health and Human Services Commission had violated two previous court orders requiring the state to investigate abuse and neglect allegations lodged against its providers in a timely manner....
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s office has repeatedly dismissed ethical questions about his three-times-a-week podcasting gig, saying he makes no money from the venture with a company that lobbies Congress....
Facing a federal deadline to spend down ARPA funds, Harris County is using the opportunity to infuse over $115 million into 18 multifamily housing projects. All of the federal money must be committed to projects by the end of 2024 and spent by 2026.
Earlier this year, a satellite commissioned by the United Nations flew over West Texas searching for so-called super emitters, oil and gas sites with outsized emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane....
Since Texas banned virtually all abortions, Texans may have seen a rosy message about adoption pop up on their phone screens or dot the view on their daily commute. It might read something like this:...
For more than 20 years, Fort Worth Republican Pat Hardy has been a reliably conservative voice on the State Board of Education....
A new federal policy cracking down on so-called “judge shopping” could impede Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s ability to thwart Biden Administration policies by strategically filing suits in geographic areas with only one judge....
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Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to shut down a Catholic nonprofit in El Paso that has helped shelter and feed asylum seekers for decades, accusing it of operating as a “stash house” and taking part in “human smuggling.”
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