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North Texas School Districts Implement New Policies To Improve Parental Oversight
A new state law requires that parents have access to children’s reading materials.
Parents Push Back on Schools’ New Phone-Free Policies
The state-mandated policies are meant to minimize classroom distractions, but some parents think the restrictions go too far.
CBP Officers Seize Over $1 Million of Cocaine in South Texas
A canine alerted officers to the nearly 77 pounds of cocaine.
ICE Arrests More Than 200 Illegal Aliens Who Have Sexually Abused Children
The federal government has prioritized the arrest of the most dangerous criminal aliens over the past 6 months.
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City of Dallas’ Budget to Help Aid LGBT, Race-based Events
The City of Dallas’ new budget is set to help facilitate LGBT parades and race-based events. The Dallas City Council unanimously passed a $5.3 billion budget earlier this month. The Dallas Express reports that in the budget, the Office of Arts and Culture will boost...
AG Paxton Sues Austin Over Taxpayer-funded Abortion Travel
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the City of Austin to stop taxpayer money from funding women’s travel for out-of-state abortions. The lawsuit is in response to the City of Austin appropriating $400,000 for the city’s 2024-2025 “Reproductive Health Grant.”...
Decision Texas, Local, South Texas
Lawsuit Accuses Democrat State House Candidate of Not Paying Vendors
A lawsuit filed in Tarrant County is accusing a Democrat running for the Texas House of Representatives of failing to pay her vendors and subcontractors in the business she operates. House District 80 candidate Cecilia Castellano, who operates Azteca Designs and...
El Paso Teacher Arrested Twice for Sex Crimes Involving 12-Year-Old Student
An El Paso teacher accused of sexually grooming and abusing a 12-year-old student was arrested twice in one week by Socorro Independent School District police and charged with multiple felony sex crimes. Explicit text messages found on the student's phone allegedly...
Texas Supreme Court Sides With Dallas in State Fair Gun Ban Case
The Supreme Court of Texas has denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort against the State Fair of Texas’ new firearm ban. The decision came Thursday night, just one day before the fair begins on Friday. Last month, fair organizers announced new safety regulations,...
East Texas Teacher Arrested for Injuring Child
An East Texas teacher has been arrested for injuring a young student earlier this month. Kyle Lee Rocha, 39, was arrested for injury to a child at Chandler Elementary School in Brownsboro Independent School District. According to his probable cause affidavit, Rocha...
Tensions Rise Over Student Safety During McKinney School Board Meeting
Tensions began to rise between board members and residents during the McKinney Independent School District’s board meeting. During public comments on Monday, residents came up to speak about the unsafe conditions children are facing in McKinney schools. However,...
Denton City Council Rejects Conservative Library Board Nominee
Denton City Council members voted 4-2 to reject a conservative nominee for the city’s Library Board, with one Democrat councilman calling her a "book banner" for challenging age-inappropriate books in public and school libraries. During a special city council meeting...
Former Houston Police Officer Convicted of Murders
Former Houston Police Department narcotics officer Gerald Goines was found guilty on two counts of murder for his involvement in the 2019 Harding Street Raid, an HPD raid that took the lives of innocent residents Dennis Tuttle, Rhogena Nicholas, and their dog. The...