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It looks like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has dusted off his CRT-sensing goggles and set his sights on Austin ISD — a district he claims is sneakily indoctrinating children with Pulitzer-Prize-winning history lessons. On Monday, Paxton’s office announced it wants to haul in Austin ISD’s
Texas arts organizations are reeling from the Trump administration’s latest federal budget cuts. This time, President Donald Trump targeted the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency that distributes funding for arts programs. Trump proposed eliminating the NEA in his 2026 budget released on Friday. In an email
After a long and hard-fought battle to give even more taxpayer money to the wealthiest Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a private school giveaway (sorry “school choice”) into law Saturday. The new law allows parents to redirect public tax dollars — previously used for pesky things like public education — to
Elon Musk set his sights on making Starbase a city for years. The tech billionaire made that a reality on Saturday. Residents of Starbase went to the polls to vote on a measure incorporating the area as an official city. More than two-thirds of eligible voters worked for SpaceX,
Texas elected officials love to talk about their commitment to protecting children. For Attorney General Ken Paxton, it’s making sure kids don’t ingest too much fluoride from their favorite toothpastes decorated with Disney Princess and Bluey characters. Paxton announced an investigation into parent companies Colgate and Proctor &
UPDATE: May 2, 2025 Maybe Elon Musk can’t be stopped after all. Late Wednesday night, the Texas House State Affairs Committee revived a Senate version of House Bill 4660, which gives SpaceX control of the South Texas Beach it’s currently set up on. PREVIOUS STORY: After months of
UPDATE: May 21, 2025 The so-called “life of the mother” act to “clarify” medical emergencies that constitute exemptions under the laws, SB 31, easily passed the Texas House and will soon be on it's way to the Governor’s desk. Once the Governor has signed the law,
Following a slew of federal attacks on public health, Harris County sued the Trump administration Thursday for slashing more than $11 billion in funding previously approved by Congress. The county was expected to receive millions of dollars to help track disease outbreaks and run vaccination clinics, according to a press
The Trump administration transported a Venezuelan man to Texas for possible deportation, going against a federal judge’s order to block the man’s removal from Pennsylvania or the United States, Reuters reported. On April 15, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines issued a temporary order that prevented the administration
In recent years, Texas has become an epicenter of the rapidly-spreading book banning movement. This year alone, our state lawmakers lead the nation with at least 31 proposed bills that the American Library Association says would effectively restrict librarians’ abilities to do their jobs. One such bill, Senate Bill
A Fort Worth man is accused of killing his mother after police found a woman covered in blood and holding a Bible. When Fort Worth police arrived on the scene, the man told them it was “an exorcism,” according to his arrest warrant obtained by CBS News Texas. The accused,
It took Frank Rodriguez less than a minute to address the gunman directly and implore him to “have the balls” to face him. Rodriguez’s son, Javier Rodriguez was the youngest victim at only 15 and wanted to be a U.S. Border Patrol agent, his father previously said. “Look