POLITICS
How the government shutdown could hurt low-income students in Texas
| October 14, 2025
The US government officially shut down at midnight on Oct. 1 after Congress failed to reach a funding agreement. Federal workers said it’s already impacting education funding.
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.
‘He just wanted to be with his wife’: After months in ICE custody, Houston man gives up immigration fight
| October 7, 2025
Douglas Menjivar, a longtime Houston resident, left the US after months in ICE detention, a case that highlights the human toll of immigration enforcement.
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.”