The city transit and police departments both weathered proposals to lower the tax rate by cutting their budgets.
A decade-old lawsuit has brought the state foster care system to a crossroads between high standards and availability.
While school tension over masks is hardly new, the district's fight comes during its first recent F rating, a lawsuit, and serious claims.
Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves said the same standard that allows tribal use of peyote should allow Satanic use of abortion-inducing drugs.
The U.S. Department of Justice asked the court to halt private lawsuits against violators of the Texas Heartbeat Act.
Pro-life lobbying group Texas Right to Life has become a litigation lightning rod after encouraging private enforcement of the new law.
A newly passed bill should let the TEA replace Houston ISD's entire school board, changing the course of an ongoing lawsuit.
The dating app company Bumble started a relief fund to aid abortions in Texas. It may or may not be legal under the Heartbeat Act.
State Rep. Bryan Slaton asked the DFPS last month if mastectomies, puberty blockers, and counseling to encourage transition may also be abuse.
Although House Bill 3979 took effect two days ago, it won't be effective for long. The legislature altered it with Senate Bill 3.
“Federal courts enjoy the power to enjoin individuals tasked with enforcing laws, not the laws themselves."
Some school districts around Texas are experimenting with mask mandates that let parents opt their children out — and so is the legislature.
A total of 666 bills take effect Wednesday, September 1 after receiving the approval of the state legislature and Governor Greg Abbott.
The bill will let Texas public schools set up virtual learning programs for eligible students to attend full-time.
“This case, and others like it, are not about whether people should wear masks or whether the government should make them do it."
Defendants argued that abortion providers couldn't sue the government for injuries incurred by private lawsuits. Judge Pitman disagreed.
“Elementary school reading proficiency is actually the worst it’s ever been since the dawn of the STAAR test," Commissioner Morath said.
After Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued, the district said its vaccine requirement for staff would not apply to vaccines authorized for emergency use.
Abbott called the regular appeal process too slow to address Harris County's mask mandates. The Supreme Court of Texas was unconvinced.
“Dismemberment [dilation and evacuation abortions] are self-evidently gruesome,” the majority opinion reads.
