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Roma ISD Asks Public To ‘Avoid Speculation’ About Misconduct Allegations
Superintendent Carlos Gonzalez stated that “negative commentary” on social media casts the school in an “unfounded negative light.”
Texas Tech Prohibits Advocacy of Race or Sex-Based Prejudice
Chancellor Creighton has announced a major initiative to overhaul course content standards.
School Bus Driver Charged With Sexually Assaulting a Child
Jonathan Cranfill drives a bus for Cleveland ISD in Montgomery County.
Democrat Voting History Emerges in Race To Replace VanDeaver
Campaign finance records also show that John Bray contributed financially to former Democrat State Rep. Mark Homer through 2010.
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Celina ISD Faces State Criminal Inquiry Over Claimed Coverup of Coach Preying on Boys
Embattled Celina Independent School District now faces a state criminal investigation into claims that administrators covered up a coach’s past predatory behavior toward male students, enabling him to record undressed middle school boys in the locker room. On Friday,...
Anti-Accountability Professors’ Union Holding Higher Education Summit
A professors' union is hosting a closed-door higher education summit to advise faculty on how to “understand their rights, navigate the new higher ed landscape, and advocate at the next Texas Legislature.” Texas’ chapter of the American Association of University...
North Texas Doctor Sued for Prescribing Cross-Sex Hormones to Minors Surrenders Medical License
A North Texas doctor has surrendered her medical license after being sued by Attorney General Ken Paxton for violating a state law that protects children from gender mutilating procedures. According to the lawsuit, Dr. May Lau is accused of putting the health and...
Hondo ISD Teacher Charged With Sex Crimes Against Student
A Hondo High School teacher is accused of multiple felony sex crimes against an underage student. Thomas William Riker Hill, 24, was arrested and charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact, sexual performance by a child, and improper relationship between...
AG Paxton Probes ‘Scheme’ by Nonprofit and PAC To Raise Austin Property Taxes
Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an official investigation targeting the Love Austin PAC and its affiliate, Foundation Communities, Inc., over an alleged scheme designed to raise property taxes through Proposition Q in Austin. The probe follows reports that...
Abbott Appoints Kyle Hawkins to Texas Supreme Court
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Kyle Hawkins as Justice, Place 7, on the Supreme Court of Texas. Hawkins formerly served as solicitor general of Texas from September 2018 to February 2021. The appointment takes effect immediately. The seat was previously held by...
Lawmaker Calls for State To Investigate Celina ISD Scandal
UPDATED October 24. A Texas lawmaker is calling for the state to investigate “shocking reports” that a middle school coach in Celina Independent School District made illicit locker room recordings of undressed male students and accusations that district officials...
Conroe ISD Trustees Approve Restrictions on DEI, Social Transitioning, and Ideological Lessons
The Conroe Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously this week to approve a series of policy changes tightening classroom standards, expanding parental rights, and setting clearer boundaries on controversial instruction. One of the most notable...
Left-Wing Advocates Appointed to Texas Higher Education Committee
AUSTIN—A new advisory board designed to study general education requirements at taxpayer-subsidized colleges and universities includes several members who have advocated for left-wing ideologies. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved 14 nominations...