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Austin ISD Schools Push Gender Identity on Students
Concerned parents forwarded an email showing how the Ann Richards School of Young Women Leaders is celebrating ‘Pride Week.’
Houston Firefighter Settlement Taking Shape
Houstonians will pay $72 million annually for the next five years and then $36 annually for the duration of the life of the judgment bond.
Illegal Alien Found Stuffed Inside Suitcase in Human Smuggling Attempt
The man was found in the suitcase by Border Patrol agents in Uvalde.
Fort Worth Police Chief: Border Security Measure ‘Will Not Change’ Mission
A state lawmaker and a Tarrant County official believe the measure primarily applies to border counties.
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Scandal-plagued Prosper ISD Won’t Say if Demoted Cheer Coach Is Still Employed by District
On Thursday, administrators in scandal-plagued Prosper Independent School District notified a select group of parents that the district’s high-profile cheerleading coach, who has been the target of complaints alleging inappropriate behavior, will no longer head the...
Former Liberty ISD Employees Arrested for Endangering Special Needs Child
A former Liberty ISD teacher and two teaching assistants are each being charged with four counts of child endangerment and abandonment after an investigation into four separate incidents of abuse of a 5-year-old special needs child in April 2021. The teacher, Melody...
‘All-ages’ Drag Show and Toy Drive in San Antonio
On Friday, the House of Eternas—“San Antonio’s premiere BIPOC alternative drag troupe”—is hosting an “all-ages” drag show that will include a toy drive and showing of "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer." The Island of Misfit Toys Drive & Drag Show will be hosted by...
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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...