Texas’ Top Voucher Vendor Taps Abbott Allies in Contract Bid, Program Rollout
The New York firm Odyssey is now running the state’s lucrative voucher scheme with a little help from the governor’s friends.
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Mike Miles Moved Texas School Funds to Colorado Through a Possible Shell Corporation Without a Paper Trail
An Observer investigation has found irregularities in how the Houston ISD superintendent's Colorado charter school nonprofit did business in Texas.
New Texas Appellate Court Alarms Environmentalists
The all-GOP 15th Court of Appeals soon will hear disputes involving the state’s environmental regulators. “It’s BYOC—bring your own court—for polluters and powerful interests.”
Litigating the Republican Civil War
The crusade against Texans for Lawsuit Reform and the rise of conservative lawfare reveal a new side of Texas’ ruling party.
Texas Republicans Put Trans, Nonbinary Teachers in the Crosshairs
Trans educators speak out after the Texas GOP adopted a platform plank to ban them from the classroom.
Ex-Legislator Faces Investigation for Possible Violation of Lobbying Law He Co-Sponsored
Chris Paddie is fighting back in court against a state ethics commission probe into his allegedly illegal lobbying.
The New Apostolic Reformation Wants God’s Government Back
A “prophetic” movement, led in part by Texans, is gaining ground—and everyone should pay attention.
Houston Underdogs Beat Established Democrats in House, Senate Runoffs
Two community organizers-turned-candidates see their wins as a progressive blueprint for taking on the establishment and mobilizing the Democratic base.
In Battle for Shriveled Soul of GOP, Congressman Beats Youtuber
Videos making light of the Holocaust and the Troubles were not enough to get Brandon Herrera over the hump against Tony Gonzales.
Speaker Phelan Survives Texas House Demolition
But Governor Abbott completes his evisceration of anti-voucher incumbents.