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Former Stockdale ISD Teacher Indicted for Student Sex Crimes, Cover-up
High school teacher Peter Leach resigned in February and is now facing four felony charges.
Houston Faces Lawsuit Over Continued Membership in Regional Planning Council
Voters approved Prop B in 2023, mandating that the city achieve proportional representation or leave the council.
Criminal Charges Filed After Houston Girl Alleges She Was Hit by Substitute Teacher at School
Aldine ISD has reportedly removed the teacher from the classroom.
Former East Texas Principal Indicted on Child Porn Charges
Chad Barrett was the principal of Hardin Junior High School at the time of his arrest.
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Democrats Seek to Turn Texas Blue in Fort Worth Mayoral Race
Democrats and “defund the police” leftists are lining up behind anti-election integrity candidate Deborah Peoples in the runoff election for Fort Worth mayor. Peoples has made her campaign about "turning Texas blue," while establishment-backed Mattie Parker has...
‘Defund Police’ Dallas Council Members Ran From Their Records
In order to stave off potential firing from voters during the May 1 election, incumbent Dallas City Council members who voted to cut $7 million from police overtime ran from their vote and tried to reinvent themselves as pro-police. A recent poll of registered state...
Granger Establishment Faction Pushing to Circumvent Tarrant Voters
A member of the Fort Worth faction affiliated with U.S. Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) is pushing to install a new general manager of the local government overseeing her taxpayer-funded boondoggle before the new citizen-elected board is sworn in. On the other side, Fort...
How to Protest Your Property Appraisal
Collin Strong, a grassroots organization in Collin County whose mission is to “educate the public, activate a grassroots network, & promote candidates and causes,” has been holding a series of property tax protest seminars. In the seminars, led by Collin Strong...
Baby Tinslee Defying Odds in Battle With 10-Day Rule
On Thursday, new court documents were released concerning the controversial case of 2-year-old Tinslee Lewis, who has been fighting for her life against Texas’ 10-day rule at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth since she was 9 months old. “[Tinslee’s] doctors...
Dallas County Elections: New Administrator, Same Old Problems
Dallas County elections are under new management, but voters are still experiencing some of the same old problems at the polls. In December, Dallas County hired a new elections administrator, Michael Scarpello, who previously served in various election management...
Citizens Advance Against Education Establishment and Cronyism
North Texans sent a strong message in local elections on Saturday. The ongoing specter of a taxpayer-funded boondoggle and exposed divisive, racialized ideologies in education sparked voters to send a rebuke at the ballot box. Carroll Independent School District In...
North Texans Approve Massive School Bonds
UPDATE: Northwest ISD told voters the tax rate would not increase instead of a decrease. On May 1, voters in Dallas-area Richardson and Northwest Independent School Districts went to the polls and approved colossal new debts they will have to repay with their property...
Dickson: Lubbock Becomes 26th City in the US to Outlaw Abortion
Lubbock, Texas (population 264,000), has become the 26th city in the nation to pass an enforceable ordinance outlawing abortion within its city limits and is now the largest city to outlaw abortion in the United States. The results of the citywide vote were 62.64...