Texas takes control of Houston's largest school district
The Texas Education Agency said the takeover of the state's largest school district is necessary.
The Texas Education Agency said the takeover of the state's largest school district is necessary.
Harris County, home of Houston and almost 5 million residents, is the target of two Senate bills.
Postal workers in cities across the United States want Congress to know their work environment is toxic.
The battle over a prescription drug used in abortions continues, now to be heard by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals May 17.
(Texas News Service) Last summer, the sheriff of Coryell County in Central Texas took to an elevated platform in a small Las Vegas ballroom and made an unusual announcement: He was a "born-again sheriff," he said, having "realized that I wasn't doing my job 100%."
A celebration was held in El Paso Friday after five decades of activism paid off, when President Joe Biden designated Texas' Castner Range a national monument.
Texas' GOP-dominated legislature is considering bills to flip the script on powers traditionally afforded home-rule cities, instead forcing them to abide by state regulations.
A group formed to oppose COVID-19 mask mandates is expanding its agenda to influence school board elections, and a national watchdog group believes another goal is defunding public education.
Texas voting advocates say a bill before the Legislature to ban polling sites on college campuses for fear of mass shootings is instead a direct attack on the perceived political power of young people.
Medication is now believed to be used in more than half of all abortions in the U.S., but a Texas judge could soon force one of two abortion pills off the market nationwide.