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Magnolia ISD Teacher’s Aide Jailed, Fired for Sexually Assaulting a Student
Sheila Valdivieso is accused of felony sexual contact with an underage male student.
East Texas Judge Accused of Making Death Threat To Secure Plea Deal
Judge Franklin reportedly told the defendant he’d better accept the plea deal because dead men can’t testify.
Houston Man Out on Bond After Sister’s Death Now Faces New Charges
Gov. Greg Abbott has highlighted the case as an example of why Texas needs bail reform.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Requests $23K for Trip to France
Hidalgo would lead the delegation and take three county employees.
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Dallas ISD Sought Advice From LGBT Clinic
A new open records request revealed that the Dallas Independent School District sought the advice of a sexual identities clinic on how to help gender-confused students “transition.” The Dallas Express recently obtained internal communications between Dallas ISD’s...
LGBT Group to Host All-ages Events in Denton
A group called PriDenton is planning to host multiple LGBT events in the City of Denton throughout June. PriDenton supports sexualizing children through drag shows and holds annual LGBT events in Denton, Texas. Some of the events will be on city property, including...
North Texas Teacher Arrested for Assaulting 4-year-old Child
With the school year almost over, a North Texas teacher is facing a felony charge for assaulting a pre-K student. Linda Dueer, 73, works as a pre-kindergarten teacher in Princeton Independent School District and was allegedly caught assaulting a 4-year-old student. ...
Carroll ISD Sues Biden Administration Over Title IX Rewrite
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, on behalf of Carroll Independent School District, are suing the Biden administration over its Title IX rewrite. Last month, the Biden administration released a nearly 1,500-page rewrite of Title IX rules—the federal civil rights...
Texas Education Agency Investigates Complaint into Houston ISD Superintendent
The Texas Education Agency has opened an investigation following a report that Houston Independent School District’s appointed Superintendent Mike Miles’ charter school network, Third Future Schools, was using Texas tax dollars to subsidize financially struggling...
Dallas City Council to Consider Resolution Condemning Border Security Legislation
As a landmark border security law is embroiled in legal challenges, the Dallas City Council is set to consider a resolution condemning the law. Senate Bill 4 was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott in late December of last year and simultaneously criminalizes illegal...
Federal Appeals Court Halts Palo Pinto County’s Rules Against Political Signage
PALO PINTO—A federal appeals court halted a Texas county’s new rules restricting political signage just one day before early voting started for the May 28 primary runoff election. The three-judge panel found Sunday that Palo Pinto County Conservatives and Grassroots...
Kemp ISD Teacher Arrested for Injuring 6-year-old Child
A teacher in Kaufman County has been arrested after injuring a child while she attempted to discipline him. Melissa McDaniels, a special education teacher who worked in Kemp Independent School District, was arrested on a felony charge of injury to a child. ...
Hood County Denounces Biden’s Title IX Changes
Local officials in Hood County are the latest to reject the Biden administration’s drastic rewrite of Title IX, which undermines the law’s protections for girls in schools by mandating compliance with radical gender ideology. Hood County Commissioners approved a...