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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Requests $23K for Trip to France
Hidalgo would lead the delegation and take three county employees.
Harlingen High School Head Soccer Coach Accused of Sending Porn to Child
District officials referred to Joseph Johnson as a “former employee.”
Harris County DA Handles Jail Overcrowding by Focusing on Mental Health & Addiction Treatment
Officials are investing $3 million into mental health treatment for Harris County Jail inmates.
Brownsville ISD Teacher, Coach Arrested for Sexual Relationship With Student
Julio Trujillo teaches criminal justice and coaches girls’ basketball at Rivera Early College High School.
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Republican Candidate Requests Recount in South Texas
After losing the race for the state Senate seat for District 27 by just 659 votes, Republican candidate Adam Hinojosa has filed for a recount. The official election results were released November 28, with 175,415 total votes cast. In one of the closest elections in...
Highland Park ISD Residents Reject ‘Woke’ Superintendent Search Firm
A classical education advocate in North Texas is calling for his local school district to fire the “woke” search firm hired to select a new superintendent and instead form a search committee composed of community members with a history of advocating for traditional...
Allen ISD Trustee Resigns From School Board Over Rezoning Process
A fight over an unpopular school rezoning plan that will impact hundreds of Allen elementary students and their families ended with one trustee resigning over how the district handled the process. During a packed school board meeting Monday night, Allen Independent...
Explicit Books Found in North Texas School District
As parents across the state are fighting against explicit books in their children’s schools, one local precinct chair in the DFW-area Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District discovered more than 20 books with sexually explicit content in local middle school...
Central Texas City Snubs Local Churches to Accommodate New LGBTQ Group
The City of Taylor is refusing to sponsor the community’s annual Christmas parade this year after the event organizers limited participation to “entries ... consistent with traditional biblical and family values.” Instead, the city is sponsoring a separate parade in...
Collin County Ends Automatic Deduction of Union Dues
A conservative North Texas county will no longer deduct union dues from employees’ paychecks, implementing a grassroots GOP policy goal that Republicans at the state level have failed to deliver. Collin County commissioners, all Republicans, adopted the new policy...
Tie Election Leads to Rematch for Pilot Point Mayor
Proving that every vote matters, a November special election for mayor of a small North Texas town ended in a tie, sending the candidates to a December rematch. Elisa Beasley and Chad Major are competing in the special runoff to serve as the next mayor of Pilot Point...
Dallas County Certifies Election Results Amid Pollbook Questions
On Tuesday, Dallas County officials certified the results of the November 8 election. Yet county election officials have failed to adequately explain unusual activity seen on electronic pollbooks at the end of Election Day, causing voters to question the accuracy of...
Study: 56 Percent of Violent Crime Suspects Released in Dallas
As stories about rampant crime enabled by activist district attorneys dominate headlines in Texas and across the country, a recent study commissioned by Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia is drawing attention for revealing some alarming statistics associated with...