DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await ...

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We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates ...

The wind blows from two directions to the Los Vientos Wind Farm, Texas’ largest and the nation’s second largest, with 426 ...

The governor crushed anti-voucher Republicans in the Texas House, but there are still plenty of party activists who are ...

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The Texas House spent over 14 hours debating—but mostly, just standing around—amendments during a marathon proceeding to pass ...

The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.

"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 ...

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