POLITICS
Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown
| February 6, 2025
This year, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature is expected to pick up where it left off two years ago to address a perceived liberal bias at the state’s public, four-year universities.
A closer look at Greg Abbott’s Top 7 legislative priorities
| February 5, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott laid out an ambitious legislative agenda during his State of the State address, including school vouchers, teacher pay, and property taxes.
Texas’ abortion ban has OB-GYNs working in an environment of ‘extreme fear’
| February 4, 2025
Several Texas doctors spoke to Courier Texas about how the state’s abortion bans are preventing them from properly providing health care.
VIDEO: Here’s how Republicans want to undercut vaccines in Texas
| February 3, 2025
Parents in Texas can already opt their children out of vaccines and private employers can’t mandate vaccines for their workers. But Texas Republicans aren’t satisfied. Lawmakers have proposed dozens of bills that would make it easier for parents to opt their children out of vaccinations, cast doubt on whether vaccines are effective, and give the […]
Trump orders tariffs on Mexico and Canada — Texas’ biggest trading partners
| February 3, 2025
The tariffs, which also target China, are scheduled to go into effect Tuesday. They prompted immediate efforts to retaliate. President Donald Trump made good on his threat to apply high taxes to imports from Mexico, Canada and China, a move that swiftly brought retaliation from Texas’ leading trading partners and set the stage for a […]