The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer ...

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Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail ...

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Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session ...

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Orlando J. Pérez, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, specializing in U.S.

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We still have one, after all, so may as well act like it.

Val Verde County’s Conservative Democratic Sheriff on Misinformation, Immigration "Before people start commenting on the border, come visit the bord ...

Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.