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Texas ranks second in the US for book bans
book bans | books | censorship | DALLAS | DFW | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | K-12 education | TEXAS
Fort Worth ISD adopts Bible-infused curriculum
| October 8, 2025
Fort Worth ISD is now one of the largest districts in Texas to implement Bluebonnet Learning, and will receive millions of dollars from the state for adopting the new materials.
Texas ranks second in the US for book bans
| October 6, 2025
book bans | books | censorship | DALLAS | DFW | DFW TEXED EXCLUSIVE | EDUCATION | K-12 education | TEXAS
It’s Banned Books Week, which means PEN America—a nonprofit that fights censorship—has updated its database of banned books in public schools throughout the country.
Jasmine Crockett: Republicans use trans people, immigrants to divide Black voters
| October 1, 2025
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett warned a crowd at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s legislative conference that as 2026 elections approach, Republicans will try again to “district and divide us.”
Jasmine Crockett on fighting GOP free speech attacks: ‘Snatch our power back’
| October 1, 2025
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett warned that Republicans are peddling disinformation and attacking free speech to make political opponents “feel hopeless and helpless.”
Gov. Greg Abbott would have you rat out your family
| October 1, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott put a bounty on your reproductive rights on Sept. 12 under the name HB 7. The law goes into effect on December 4th.
Texas has banned over 500 books. That’s why we’re launching the Texas Banned Book Club.
| October 1, 2025
We’re starting the Texas Banned Book Club to celebrate these literary works and explore why some schools don’t want them on their library shelves.
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Attacks on academic freedom spread across Texas universities
| October 1, 2025
Texas universities are restricting how faculty can discuss gender in classrooms.
How the government shutdown could hurt thousands of Texans
| October 1, 2025
The federal government shut down early Wednesday, meaning nearly 250,000 federal employees and members of the military in Texas won’t receive paychecks.
5 Texas school districts face state takeovers. Here’s what to know.
| September 30, 2025
Several Texas school districts, including Fort Worth, are at risk of takeover by the Texas Education Agency. Here’s a look at what that means.
Heartbreaking story: A Texas couple’s experience losing two pregnancies after being denied care
| September 27, 2025
ABORTION | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | HEALTHCARE | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | women's health
When Hollie Cunningham learned that the babies she carried had fatal diagnoses, she asked her doctor to help end their suffering. That's when she found out that Texas's abortion bans blocked her from the care she needed.
James Talarico reflects on free speech attacks
| September 25, 2025
During a campaign stop in Dallas on Thursday, State Rep. James Talarico—who is running for US Senate in Texas—criticized the attacks on free speech happening throughout the country following the death of far right political activist Charlie Kirk.
This week, Jimmy Kimmel was suspended after he commented about Kirk and MAGA supporters during an episode of his late-night show. And in Texas, educators and students are being investigated, fired, and expelled over social media posts about Kirk that Republican lawmakers don’t like.
4 Democrats eyeing newly drawn US House district in North Texas
| September 25, 2025
The Texas Legislature approved new congressional district maps, causing several North Texas Democrats—including US Rep. Jasmine Crockett—to reconsider where they will run in the next election.