How A School Voucher Supporter Won In A Texas House District With Almost No...

"How a school voucher supporter won in a Texas House district with almost no private schools" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a...

Does Dade Phelan Have The Votes To Keep His Job As Texas House Speaker?...

The race for speaker of the Texas House has narrowed, pitting Beaumont Republican Dade Phelan, who has held the gavel since 2021, against Rep....

Vouchers Would Blow a Billion-Dollar Hole in the Texas Budget

What Texas Republicans call “school choice” could be very, very expensive. Voucher programs in other states and analysis from experts show that school vouchers...

Paxton, Webster Defend Their False Claims of Election Fraud

Last Thursday, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case brought against First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster, second in command under...

Texas Latino Leaders Label Voter Fraud Investigation “Nonsense,” Call For Federal, State Reviews

HOUSTON — A Democratic candidate for the Texas House on Monday dismissed as “nonsense” a state investigation into a vote harvesting scheme that led...

Houston Faces Negative Outlook After Firefighter Settlement

S&P Global Ratings, a major credit rating agency, has changed its outlook on Houston's municipal bonds from stable to negative due to increased financial...

“Misogynist Influencer” Andrew Tate Granted EU Travel Permission Amidst Human Trafficking Trial

Andrew Tate, the controversial “misogynist influencer” has been granted permission to leave Romania while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking and rape. A Romanian...

America’s Biggest Education Experiment Is Happening In Houston. Could It Change U.S. Schools?

Todo cambió. Everything changed. That’s how Arturo Monsiváis described life this year for his fifth-grade son, who attends Houston ISD’s Raul Martinez Elementary School. Teachers...

Kinky Friedman, Provocative Satirist And One-time Gubernatorial Candidate, Dies At 79

Richard “Kinky” Friedman — the provocative and flamboyant Texas satirist who mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2006 — has died. He was...
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