While Governor Greg Abbott has declared victory in his voucher fight, Texas Democrats are gearing up to challenge his endorsed candidates, honing in on education issues to flip several state House districts this fall. After the primary…
A new rule mandating tens of thousands of gun owners to obtain a federal license to sell firearms online will not apply in Texas, thanks to a successful legal challenge by Attorney General Ken Paxton. “Yet again, Joe Biden is weaponizing…
U.S. Morgan Lutrell, a staunchly conservative Republican and former Navy SEAL, has taken an unexpected stand: advocating for the therapeutic use of psychedelics. Despite his traditional background, his experiences have driven him to…
Most Texans think they’re going to experience blackouts and that there will be a widespread failure of the electric grid. According to a new poll by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, a majority of Texans are…
At just 25 years old, Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic has already cemented his status as one of the greatest offensive playoff performers in NBA history, despite not having won a championship yet. His remarkable achievements were highlighted…
Recently, a far-right plan to transform the U.S. into an authoritarian regime, known as Project 2025, has gone viral on social media. What is this project all about? First, the project is a nearly 1,000-page manual on how to establish a…
Many Californians and New Yorkers moved to Texas during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, hoping for a cheaper way of life. Now many of the newcomers regret their decision. Thanks to a different arrangement of factors Texas is not that…
Elon Musk’s tunneling company, The Boring company is destroying Texas’ natural beauty and has worsened the life quality of rural Texans, according to Bastrop residents, where the company is located. “It is beyond heartbreaking, I could…
A super PAC supporting Ted Cruz’s reelection to the Senate has received another payment of more than $150,000 in digital revenue from iHearMedia, despite a federal complaint about the payments. Truth and Courage PAC, focused on “supporting…
One of the conditions of growing older is that we all become more reflective about life; not just for ourselves, but for others. There are so many existential questions that allow us to define what makes life good, or not so good, that it…
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has promised the Texas Senate would pass a bill mandating the 10 Commandments in Texas classrooms on Thursday following a similar law being signed in Louisiana. An attempt in 2023 stalled in the Texas House.…
The primary complaint against school vouchers is that they result in the funneling of money from public schools to private ones. A deep look at what is happening in Arizona shows that result in action. CNN compared two school systems in…
A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested in relation to the deadly shooting at a Juneteenth celebration that killed two women and injured 14 others, Round Rock police announced. Police said on Thursday that they had arrested Ricky Thompson…
Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), said the company is projecting that the state will need to nearly double its energy production over the next six years, thanks to new data centers and crypto-mining…
A new Texas flood plan that estimated 5 million Texans lived in flood-prone areas may already be outdated because it did not take into account new trends and climate change, experts say. This new plan, developed by the Texas Water…
The New York Times published a duo of articles this week delving deep into the micro school community and how it has thrived as more states passed school voucher programs that let parents use taxpayer money on private and even homeschools.…
You can listen to the full interview here. Jovanka Palacios: We are honored to have Ieva Jusionyte with us today. She is a Watson Family University Associate Professor of International Security and Anthropology at Brown University. She is…
The pastor and founder of a Texas megachurch has resigned after a woman said he abused her in the 1980s when she was 12, prompting several Texas officials to condemn the pastor’s actions and call for accountability. Robert Morris, 62,…
Today, we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans with the national holiday of Juneteenth, a celebration that began in Texas and then spread to other states. The push to make Juneteenth a national holiday began in 1996,…
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office asked a judge to shut down a Catholic shelter for helping undocumented immigrants and not turning over documents the office requested. The judge heard arguments on Monday and plans to rule in two weeks.…
The University of Texas at Austin announced it would be laying off about a dozen of employees at the Communications and Marketing department to focus on “reputational issues and crisis management,” just after pro-Palestine protests and DEI…
Texas has activated state emergency response resources ahead of risks of heavy rains linked to a potential Tropical Cyclone 1 in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm’s effects will be mainly felt along the state’s coast but the Houston area is…
Texas’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) bans are affecting more than a hundred college scholarships, according to a report by the Dallas Morning News. The programs are currently frozen or being modified as universities try to comply…
Tensions are escalating between the United States and Mexico over a water treaty as both countries experience severe droughts and rising temperatures. The conflict, rooted in an 80-year-old treaty, requires the U.S. and Mexico to share…
Texas lawmakers are reconsidering their previously welcoming stance on cryptocurrency mining after new projections estimate a massive increase in the state’s electricity needs by 2030. According to the Houston Chronicle, the Electric…
Two bills came before the U.S. Senate this week that were supposed to protect in-vitro fertilization, one of them written by Texas’s own Sen. Ted Cruz. Both failed to pass, leaving the fate of IVF very much in doubt. IVF is a process where…