Updated at 1:43 p.m. to include statement from Equality Texas CEO Ricardo Martinez.| Dallas News
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott says it is illegal for state agencies and universities to consider “diversity, equity and inclusion” in employment. In a recent memo...| Dallas News
AUSTIN — A popular proposal for property tax relief that will be debated by legislators would funnel $3 billion of sales, gas and other state taxes to...| Dallas News
AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is heading into the 2023 legislative session with perhaps more power than any lieutenant governor in Texas history. With a new...| Dallas News
AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he will devote much of the Senate’s focus next year to education, including a parental rights bill, possibly eliminating...| Dallas News
Among national experts, Texas has a strong tradition for building data and evidence to inform education policymaking. The Education Research Center at...| Dallas News
At least two school choice-related bills were among the first filed ahead of the upcoming legislative session.| Dallas News
The move follows widespread criticism that the group’s original makeup included mostly administrators.| Dallas News
Who paid for Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s inaugural bash? 81 people, firms chipped in nearly $3.73 million, according to the program. A full...| Dallas News
If Gov. Greg Abbott is planning to run for president next year, he offered few clues in his inaugural speech Tuesday. Did the three-term Republican governor...| Dallas News
AUSTIN — Greg Abbott’s tenure as Texas governor has been highlighted by crises. Since he took office in 2015, he’s had to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, the...| Dallas News
The ACLU of Texas and the national ACLU filed a formal complaint Monday asking for a federal investigation into Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star...| Dallas News
School administrators have turned to retirees and career-changers — or even non-certified candidates — to fill the gaps.| Dallas News
Anne Lindsey Hunt and Davin Hunt were among the families present Friday as Gov. Greg Abbott signed bills as a result of the deadly floods.| Dallas News
Texas Republicans passed measures Wednesday night that aim to prevent future quorum breaks by increasing the punishments for lawmakers who break quorum and...| Dallas News
The Texas House and Senate are nearing a deal on a sweeping school finance bill. Per-student funding known as the basic allotment would not be increased...| Dallas News
People know how to play Texas Lottery games but often don’t know where the money goes. Here's where it goes.| Dallas News
Trustees approved a roughly $1.9 billion budget Thursday night that raises staff minimum wages to $17 an hour and offers $64,000 to beginning teachers.| Dallas News
Inside the 70% of prisons without air conditioning in living areas, people frequently find themselves living in 110-degree air including humidity| Dallas News
With a record amount of extra state funding available to the 2023 Texas Legislature to spend, how much of it should go to teacher pay raises?| Dallas News
Health officials broke ground on the state’s new psychiatric hospital in Dallas on Monday, initiating the countdown for the opening of the desperately needed...| Dallas News
The Texas House will diverge from the Senate and pass a sweeping property-tax relief package this session that includes businesses, not just homeowners,...| Dallas News
Legislative leaders began their waltz toward writing a budget this week almost in harmony, avoiding public displays of disunity and hewing to the Republicans’...| Dallas News
The leaders of Texas’ six biggest university systems want lawmakers to funnel nearly $1 billion into higher education as the Legislature considers what to do...| Dallas News
GOP state leaders face hurdles as they seek to redeem campaign promises that the Legislature will deliver big property tax cuts next year. They’ll either have...| Dallas News
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The Texas Senate approved a controversial transgender sports bill Thursday that would force young athletes in Texas to compete in sports that align with the...| Dallas News
Conservative Texas pastors and lawmakers have their eyes set on school vouchers to fight the “miseducation” of students ahead of the November elections and...| Dallas News
Escalating education culture wars and a focus on parental rights during the ongoing pandemic may have created an opening for school voucher-like legislation...| Dallas News
It’s an academic framework that probes the way policies and laws uphold systemic racism -- such as in education, housing or criminal justice.| Dallas News
With a pre-pandemic statewide attendance rate at 95.7%, the current system leaves 4.3% of Texas’ 5.4 million students unfunded.| Dallas News
Breaking news and the latest headlines from North Texas, including Dallas, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Arlington, Irving and beyond. Politics, education, transportation, housing, crime and more.| Dallas News
With state government poised to enjoy a massive budget surplus, lawmakers on Friday began debating in public how to use the money. Republicans who are likely...| Dallas News
District trustees across the region are asking voters for approval on school bond packages that would help pay for modern door locks, additional surveillance...| Dallas News
As schools across the South grapple with vacancies, many turn to those without teaching certificates or formal training to serve students.| Dallas News
Many superintendents increasingly find themselves under attack as local and national conservative groups target school board seats, and communities get riled...| Dallas News
Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke pledges to increase school funding, fight vouchers during Dallas stop| Dallas News
When Gov. Greg Abbott told the crowd, “I am running for re-election to create a Parents Bill of Rights,” political observers heard a clear message.| Dallas News
Similar efforts in other states focus on requiring materials to be published online as debates rage over books regarding race or LGBT issues.| Dallas News
Breaking news and the latest headlines on students, teachers, schools and universities in North Texas, including Dallas, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Arlington, Irving and beyond.| Dallas News
The threat could not be verified at this time, health care groups said.| Dallas News
Texas governor Greg Abbott took office on Jan. 20, 2015. He previously served as a state district judge, was appointed to the Texas Supreme...| Dallas News
Dan Patrick has been the lieutenant governor of Texas since 2015. He is the Texas Senate's presiding officer and chaired President Donald...| Dallas News
Central Texas GOP Rep. Brad Buckley, the House’s chief education policy writer, will try Friday to win the chamber's approval of a school choice bill that...| Dallas News
How much does it cost to attend private school in Texas? Throughout last year's fight over education savings accounts at the Texas Capitol, questions about...| Dallas News
Some people who were detained earlier this week have been transported to Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado.| Dallas News
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We welcome all letters from readers.Due to the volume of mail, though, it isn't possible to publish all letters readers send. Those letters...| Dallas News
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Public Editor Stephen Buckley: Here’s how we can smooth the correspondence between readers and journalists and work together to make sure our community gets...| Dallas News
Dallas City Council approved plans to turn Pepper Square, a Far North Dallas shopping center, into a mixed-use development with more than 850 apartments.| Dallas News
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Dallas’ TestFit Inc. raises $20M to fast-track real estate planning.| Dallas News
The $1,000 Montblanc a lawyer left behind at the Collin County courthouse metal detector wound up in the hands of the incoming attorney general, whose...| Dallas News
Caroline Chidozie finished her last day at the Fair Park COVID-19 vaccination megasite the same way she had for months — as the nurse responsible for...| Dallas News
WASHINGTON – Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who as chair of “Lawyers for Trump” tried to overturn Joe Biden’s election in court, said Thursday that he...| Dallas News
Data centers are dead spaces for downtown. Dallas has to do better with a vision we can rally around.| Dallas News
Jane Hope Hamilton, spokeswoman for Inspire Dallas, told The News that her firm spoke to former DMN site owner Ray Washburne in January to explore a land deal.| Dallas News
Sale to a data center comes as Washburne “couldn’t get anything out of the city” on the new convention center buildout.| Dallas News
Developer Ray Washburne is selling the Rock of Truth to a data center provider.| Dallas News
The Dallas Stars parted ways with coach Pete DeBoer despite three straight trips to the Western Conference finals.| Dallas News
AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his top 30 bills for the legislative session Monday, keeping a focus on property tax relief, improving power grid...| Dallas News
The analysis puts the first price tag on an education savings account for Texas and comes as the Senate has its first debate on the school voucher-like program.| Dallas News
Gov. Greg Abbott calls for universal ESAs, a type of school voucher, for all Texas students| Dallas News
Texas fight over vouchers has public school advocates saying parents already have options.| Dallas News
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott was sworn in for a third term Tuesday with a promise to usher in the largest property tax cut in state history, an appealing...| Dallas News
Peyton Salters loves his teachers at his South Dallas school. At 4 years old, he’s already learning to read.But his mom, Keishana Salters,...| Dallas News
The Texas Senate gave initial approval to an $8.5 billion school funding bill late Thursday that will increase teacher pay and provide more money for school...| Dallas News
Senate Bill 2 would devote public money to defray the cost of private education. Early plans would set aside $1 billion.| Dallas News
State officials at the Legislature release estimates of how much money schools will get under the school finance proposal House Bill 2. Lawmakers provided...| Dallas News
A Texas House panel has tentatively approved a two-year state budget that would lower school property taxes, freeze undergraduates' college tuition, help...| Dallas News
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Monday added nearly $6 billion to the state’s projected budget surplus, taking it to nearly $33 billion – and likely setting...| Dallas News
The legislation proposes “education savings accounts” of up to $8,000, which families can use to pay for private school tuition, books and other materials,...| Dallas News
The priority pieces of legislation differ on how students are prioritized and how much money is included.| Dallas News
Dallas school leaders want state legislators to funnel more money to protect students, not to pay for school voucher proposals.| Dallas News
From upcoming school voucher fights to the need to bridge communities across political divisions, current and former Texas superintendents shared their...| Dallas News
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday night advocated for a voucher program that would allow students and parents to use government funds to attend private or...| Dallas News
The Mavs are sending their star player to the Lakers in a stunning deal.| Dallas News
Enrollment declines can lead to difficult conversations – including about staff reductions and whether to shutter campuses.| Dallas News
Gov. Greg Abbott called for universal ESAs in Texas as lawmakers prepare for a heated fight over school vouchers.| Dallas News
Some private schools exist specifically to serve children with disabilities. But critics warn that students with special needs who switch to private schools...| Dallas News
While Gov. Greg Abbott stumps for school choice, he’s making the pitch only at Christian campuses — a hint at who the program may benefit most.| Dallas News
The Texas families already sending their kids to private schools or homeschooling could be ineligible for the school voucher-like proposal.| Dallas News
Republicans behind an aggressive push for school choice this session are angling to break the bond that previously thwarted voucher-like efforts in Texas.| Dallas News
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Neither of the two “school choice” bills making their way through the halls of the State Legislature would do much to solve Texas’ education issues.| Dallas News
Yass made his fortune on Wall Street, with a huge payoff as an early investor in TikTok parent ByteDance.| Dallas News
Texas House members voted Thursday to prohibit any use of state funds for school voucher-like efforts. Members approved a two-year budget that would slash...| Dallas News
Families such as the Piñóns, who are trying to educate children with disabilities, occupy a central yet complex position in the debate over education savings...| Dallas News
The fight to over funneling public dollars to private schools is central to many Texas House races in the March 5 primary after some GOP lawmakers voted...| Dallas News
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently singled out Dallas schools calling them “dropout factories” as he pushes for voucher-like efforts.| Dallas News
Gov. Greg Abbott was a big winner in Tuesday's Republican primary runoffs as many of his backed candidates defeated House incumbents who opposed his "school...| Dallas News
Gov. Greg Abbott scheduled a news conference Wednesday at a private Christian school in Tyler, where he will discuss his school choice agenda.| Dallas News
Throughout the primary and runoff season,10 mostly rural incumbent House Republicans were fighting off attacks from Abbott and his allies after the lawmakers...| Dallas News
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have said passing a voucherlike program is a priority for the next legislative session after efforts to do so...| Dallas News
Republicans gained two seats in the Texas House and one seat in the Texas Senate in Tuesday’s election, tightening their already strong grip on the Legislature.| Dallas News
Plano Rep. Mihaela Plesa is the only Democrat representing Collin County. Republican Steve Kinard is running against Plesa.| Dallas News
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump differ on private school vouchers, LGBTQ+ issues and student debt.| Dallas News
As some Florida districts are forced to close schools, administrators face another long-avoided reckoning: how to integrate students in buildings that remain...| Dallas News