ROZ BROWN Texas News Service

A new report shows persistent state budget cuts in 80% of U.S. states — including Texas — deprive public schools of the funding they experienced before the Great Recession. The ...

Texas is the epicenter of the U.S. immigration debate, and now faces a lawsuit over plans to jail those whose enter the state illegally. The U.S. Department of Justice sued Texas last week over a ...

Public schoolteachers in Texas say the state desperately needs to boost its overall investment in students and education programs. Instead, lawmakers are focused on a private school voucher program. ...

A Texas math professor who studies redistricting is not surprised a nonpartisan elections watchdog group has given the state’s redistricting process a grade of D-minus. Andrea Barreiro, ...

More than half of those who responded to a new Texas health care poll said it is becoming more difficult to afford, and the number of those who do not have a primary-care doctor is alarmingly high. ...

Texas has adopted some of the strictest gender-affirming transgender restrictions in the nation. And the leader of a trans advocacy group says it has created a “dystopian” nightmare. ...

As conservationists await finalization of revised rules governing methane on public lands, a new survey shows a majority of Texans support stronger limits. The poll by four environmental groups, ...

Opponents of a new Texas law governing drag performances say it’s so vague and broad, it could have a chilling effect on all free expression and should be blocked by the courts as ...

Scorching temperatures are not letting up across much of the Southwest, including Texas, just as the issue of how to protect outdoor workers heats up in Washington. Last week, 112 members of Congress ...

Many Texas families are still struggling financially post-COVID. Nonetheless, the state turned down millions of dollars in federal aid for summer food assistance to qualified low-income families. ...