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Since the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a wave of disciplinary actions has swept across Texas. The TEA has received more than 350 complaints related to teachers and school staff who've reportedly commented on Kirk's killing.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/09/29/532174/350-teacher-complaints-as-texas-schools-continue-disciplinary-actions-over-charlie-kirk-posts/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #CharlieKirk #Tea #Teachers #TheTexasNewsroom

Education Commissioner Mike Morath warned last week that educators who "posted and/or shared reprehensible and inappropriate content on social media" could face suspension or revocation of their teaching certificates.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/09/15/530944/texas-teachers-face-backlash-over-comments-on-charlie-kirk-assassination/

#Education #News #Politics #CharlieKirk #Teachers #TexasEducationAgency #TheTexasNewsroom

The #Texas governor’s office said it would take more than 13 hours to review the records. It provided a cost estimate of $244.64 for the work and required full payment up front. #TheTexasNewsroom agreed and cut a check. After the check was cashed they reneged their offer. www.kut.org/politics/202...

Here's everything to know about the Texas Hill Country flooding.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/08/525948/live-updates-everything-to-know-about-the-hill-country-flooding/

#Flooding #News #Texas #CentralTexasFlooding #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #TexasHillCountry #TheTexasNewsroom

Texas has vowed to assist President Donald Trump in his efforts to revamp immigration. But the state’s biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/29/512337/how-trumps-immigration-mandates-have-played-out-across-texas/

#Border #Education #EducationNews #HarrisCounty #Houston #Immigration #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Deportation #ImmigrantCommunities #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom

Perhaps no other state is more prepared – or eager – to carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration and border enforcement plans than Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/11/26/507142/trump-wants-to-deport-millions-of-people-texas-leaders-are-ready-to-help/

#News #Politics #Texas #DonaldTrump #GregAbbott #Immigration #OperationLoneStar #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom

DACA policy experts say it’s unclear what, if anything, Trump would do to the program during a second term.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/daca/2024/11/08/505425/texas-daca-recipients-say-theyre-scared-of-their-future-under-trump/

#DACA #News #Daca #Elections2024 #Immigration #KERANews #MALDEF #TheTexasNewsroom

Proponents for ending the program equate it to high-interest fees that accumulate overtime and become, for some, unmanageable debt.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/10/25/504058/advocacy-group-hopes-to-end-texas-program-that-piles-on-fees-for-drivers-with-suspended-licenses/

#News #Texas #CourtsCriminalJustice #TexasDepartmentOfPublicSafety #TexasDriverSLicense #TexasLegislature #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom

Welcome the stranger? How religion has influenced the immigration debate in Texas

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/10/07/501670/welcome-the-stranger-how-religion-has-influenced-the-immigration-debate-in-texas/

#Election2024 #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #AnnunciationHouse #Elections2024 #Immigration #TexasNews #TexasPolitics #TheTexasNewsroom

New poll shows majority of Texans have skipped or postponed some form of medical care due to costs

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/healthcare/2024/09/19/500352/new-poll-shows-majority-of-texans-have-skipped-or-postponed-some-form-of-medical-care-due-to-costs/

#Healthcare #News #Texas #HealthWellness #HealthCare #Medicare #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom

Voter fraud data from group behind Project 2025 shows few instances of noncitizen voting in Texas

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2024/09/17/500139/voter-fraud-data-from-group-behind-project-2025-shows-few-instances-of-noncitizen-voting-in-texas/

#Election2024 #Elections #News #Texas #Voting #Elections2024 #Immigration #TexasNews #TexasPolitics #TheTexasNewsroom #VoterFraud

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry joins Speaker Phelan’s team as adviser

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/09/05/498623/former-texas-gov-rick-perry-joins-speaker-phelans-team-as-adviser/

#News #Politics #Texas #DadePhelan #RickPerry #TexasNews #TexasPolitics #TheTexasNewsroom

A state program intended to expand the arresting powers of U.S. Border Patrol agents working in Texas has yet to get off the ground nearly a year after it went into effect.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2024/08/16/496877/texas-program-designed-to-expand-arresting-power-of-u-s-border-patrol-agents-off-to-slow-start/

#Immigration #News #88thTexasLegislature #OperationLoneStar #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom #USImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued General Motors on Tuesday, alleging the manufacturing giant illegally collected and sold private driver information without consent.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/08/15/496723/texas-attorney-general-sues-gm-for-allegedly-collecting-and-selling-drivers-private-data/

#News #Texas #DataPrivacy #GeneralMotors #KenPaxton #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom

Justice Department finds widespread physical, sexual and mental abuse in Texas juvenile facilities

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/08/01/495458/justice-department-finds-widespread-physical-sexual-and-mental-abuse-in-texas-juvenile-facilities/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #News #Texas #JuvenileJusticeSystem #KidsMentalHealth #MentalHealthCare #TexasJuvenileJusticeDepartment #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom #USJusticeDepartment

Republicans in some of the country’s highest elected offices took to the Republican National Convention Tuesday evening to paint America’s southern border as an entry point for a lot of what’s ailing the United States.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/07/18/493987/at-rnc-sen-ted-cruz-joins-top-republicans-in-slamming-biden-on-border-issues/

#Border #Immigration #News #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #TexasNews #TexasPolitics #TheTexasNewsroom #USImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement

Though a major decision last week by the United States Supreme Court centered on regulatory policy and the intersection between environmental law and commerce, attorneys argue its effects on the complicated realm of immigration policy cannot be overstated.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2024/07/05/492666/recent-supreme-court-ruling-could-have-big-impact-on-u-s-immigration-policy-asylum-cases/

#Immigration #News #ImmigrantCommunities #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom #USCitizenshipImmigrationServices

Texas Democrats will look to rally their base and push back against what they call a new level of Republican extremism at their convention this week in El Paso.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/06/06/489813/abortion-guns-and-vouchers-texas-democrats-convene-in-el-paso-to-sound-alarms-over-gop-policies/

#News #Texas #Abortion #ElPaso #Guns #Politics #SchoolVouchers #TexasDemocrats #TexasLegislature #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom

Veterans, businesses ask Texas lawmakers to keep hemp products legal; others call for complete ban

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/05/30/489126/veterans-businesses-ask-texas-lawmakers-to-keep-hemp-products-legal-others-call-for-complete-ban/

#HealthScience #News #Texas #Hemp #MedicalMarijuana #TexasLegislature #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom #VeteransAffairs

Infighting threatens to overshadow the Texas Republican Party at this year's state GOP convention

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/05/23/488435/infighting-threatens-to-overshadow-texas-republican-party-at-this-years-state-gop-convention/

#News #Politics #Texas #TexasLegislature #TexasNews #TexasRepublicans #TheTexasNewsroom #Voting

The Biden administration sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, alleging the state agency discriminated against an employee, refusing to allow her to wear a head covering as part of her religious practice.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/05/06/486665/doj-sues-texas-department-of-criminal-justice-for-alleged-religious-discrimination/

#News #Texas #Discrimination #Religion #Tdcj #TexasNews #TheTexasNewsroom