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The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer investigation has uncovered numerous academic and financial issues.
Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.
Expanding on last session's anti-DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.
The Texas GOP’s dominance of the 21st Century has been marked by entrenchment in the highest offices. Is that changing?
The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.
The governor crushed anti-voucher Republicans in the Texas House, but there are still plenty of party activists who are opposed.
"Somebody had to eat the first oyster." With that salty metaphor, Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock makes the argument that elected officials shouldn't be afraid to try new ideas—in this case, vouchers that would shift taxpayers' moneys from public to private schools.
The chamber deliberated until 3 a.m.
Advocates and industry warn against bills that would ban or otherwise restrict many currently legal THC products.
Dems could do little but sound the alarm on vouchers—and warn the $7.7-billion school-finance package is still not enough.