POLITICS
Texas colleges could see fewer international students amid Trump immigration crackdown
| September 5, 2025
dei | EDUCATION | EXCO-Player | HIGHER EDUCATION | IMMIGRATION | local politics | old texas | public education | TEXAS
Public universities throughout Texas could lose thousands of international students (and millions of dollars) this fall thanks to the Trump administration.
Ken Paxton wants your kids to recite the Lord’s Prayer in school
| September 5, 2025
A new Texas law allows public schools to create a designated prayer time for students, and Attorney General Ken Paxton wants to make sure it’s used to promote Christianity.
After losing two babies, a family wrestled with grief—not jail. Would Texas’s new law change that?
| August 29, 2025
ABORTION | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | Republicans | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | women's health
A family condemns Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Republicans for threatening jail time for loved ones who help women obtain abortions.
Houston ISD hits milestone: No failing schools in new state scores
| August 28, 2025
Houston ISD scored a dramatic turnaround under the latest ratings from the Texas Education Agency, including 74% of its campuses receiving an A or B grade.
WATCH: Wendy Davis reflects on 4 years of Texas reproduction rights restrictions
| August 26, 2025
ABORTION | EXCO-Player | local politics | old texas | reproduction rights | TEXAS | TEXAS LEGISLATURE
It’s been nearly four years since Texas enacted the statewide ban, and former state senator and reproductive rights activist Wendy Davis is reminding Texans what’s at stake.