New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await ...

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DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

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The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.

Emmy-nominated producer. She is the Inprint Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Fellow in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program, where she is pursuing her MFA. Her poetry has appeared in Mom ...

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In his biennial address, the governor declared seven emergency items.