Here's why Trump highlighted Texas in dismantling Department of Education
President Donald Trump called out Texas and its top leaders before signing an executive order to dismantle the federal ...
Rep. Crockett slams Trump order to dismantle the U.S. Dept. of Education, while Rep. Gill, top Texas Republicans applaud move
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Attorney General Ken Paxton all applauded the president's order. In a statement ...
Texas top leadership attends executive order signing to dismantle US Department of Education
President Donald Trump signed an executive order for U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon to complete "all ...
Texas’s GOP Governor Can Arbitrarily Deny Democrats a Seat in Congress Until Next Year
Texas’s heavily Democratic 18th Congressional District has an empty seat. State law gives Greg Abbott the power to delay the ...
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Texas public education advocates blast Trump’s order aiming to close Education Department
Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick attending the signing ceremony in Washington, D.C. Back in Austin, public education ...
Who’s Against Banning Cellphones in Schools?
Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing a ban on smartphones in schools, and reaction is favorable, with one notable exception: parents ...
Trump orders closure of Department of Education. What does it mean for Fort Worth schools?
President Trump’s executive order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the federal Department of Education, ...
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Amid Deadly Measles Outbreak, West Virginia Moves to Loosen Vaccine Rules
An amendment that would give West Virginia parents much greater leeway to exempt their children from mandated school vaccinations was deleted from a House bill at the last minute this week, but the ...
Texas would be hit harder than most states under proposed Medicaid cuts, experts say
When Texas politicians opted not to expand Medicaid to low-income workers under the Affordable Care Act, they lost out on ...
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Justice Department Withdraws from SB 4 Legal Challenge, Texas Immigration Law Dispute to Proceed Without Federal Involvement
DOJ dropped its lawsuit against Texas' immigration law SB 4, but private parties continue the legal challenge.