Data Center Boom Exposes GOP Faultlines over Local Control
In rural areas like Caldwell County, local Republican officials and citizens are scrambling to find ways to empower counties and slow AI-fueled development.
Texas Legislature
Speaker Burrows Remodels Texas House with All-Republican Chairs
The new leader of the lower chamber finally announced committee assignments, formalizing a new order in the lower chamber.
Molly Ivins on School Vouchers (1997)
Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in your state? Come to Texas and see how it works out in practice.
Trans Texans Are Under Attack (Again), but Advocates Aren’t Giving In
With another legislative session that could pile on even more anti-trans policies, LBGTQ+ groups grapple with how to protect their communities.
The ‘Texas Three-Step’: Defund, Demonize, and Privatize Public Schools
Vouchers become subsidies for families who had already decided to pay for private school, at the expense of public schools that must serve all students.
Who Really Benefits from School Vouchers?
I do not pretend to know the motivation of Jeff Yass. But I do know that Mr. Yass is not a Texan, and I also know that Texas is not for sale.
Abbott’s Familiar Priorities Include Property Taxes, Vouchers, Cracking Down on Bail
In his biennial address, the governor declared seven emergency items.
Public Education Bills: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Conservative state lawmakers have filed hundreds of bills targeting the school finance system, LGBTQ+ students, undocumented immigrant children, and more.
Texas Foresees Strong Revenue, Full Rainy Day Fund. Who Will Benefit?
In his biennial budget projection, Comptroller Glenn Hegar says the state will have a healthy surplus, plus a full economic stabilization fund for the first time in history.
This Aspiring Social Worker Should Not Be Blacklisted
Imposing permanent punishments for old mistakes backfires by reducing the talent pool to address Texas’ social worker shortage.