By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune December 16, 2025   The Texas Education Agency has announced plans to oust the school boards and superintendents of four school districts in as many months, citing failing academic performance at certain campuses for at least five years in a row. This comes even as state legislators acknowledge that…

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune December 16, 2025 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday is seeking monetary damages and consumer restitution in a lawsuit against a national utility company, alleging it failed to care for its aging Texas infrastructure that caused the state’s largest wildfire. Two decayed utility poles owned by Xcel Energy…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune December 17, 2025 A Democrat is running in every state and federal race on the Texas ballot next year, the first time in modern state history that either party has fielded a full slate of candidates, according to the Texas Democratic Party. The complete field is the result of…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune November 11, 2025 A Harris County judge on Tuesday rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to shut down a program that allocates county funds to help undocumented people access legal support.  The county, home to Houston, created the Immigrant Legal Services Fund program in 2020 and in October…

PLANO, Texas – A Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for a violent crime spree in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Justin Williams, 26, pleaded guilty to bank theft and was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan on December…

PLANO, Texas – A Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a crime spree in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Dominique Marquis Childress, 29, pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery and was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sean D.…

By Bernard J. Wolfson December 16, 2025 As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering the often unaffordable cost of health care. California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and five other states have…

By Tony Leys December 16, 2025 The Trump administration is trying to slash access to lawyers who defend the rights of Americans with disabilities, advocates say. Most of the lawyers work either for the Department of Justice or for disability rights agencies that Congress set up in every state decades ago. Many of the Justice…

View as a webpage Veterans Health Care December 15, 2025 Expanding access to cancer care for rural Veterans USMC Veteran Michael Donnelly is a gastric cancer survivor. He benefited from a VA initiative that brought cancer care closer to home, reducing his travel significantly. Read full story Find out how to apply for VA health care…