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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
| June 27, 2025
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A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.
Texas Consumers Will Bear the Brunt of Trump Tariffs, Survey Says
| May 28, 2025
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas surveyed Texas business owners, measuring how the Trump administration’s chaotic back-and-forth tariffs — a tax on imported goods — has impacted their business.
Some 60% of respondents said that tariffs have negatively impacted their business, while 55% plan on passing the cost of tariffs onto their customers.
The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges—and the economy
| April 28, 2025
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This so-called demographic cliff has been predicted ever since Americans started having fewer babies at the advent of the Great Recession around the end of 2007—a falling birth rate that has not recovered since, except for a slight blip after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. That could hurt students with disabilities in Texas.
| April 8, 2025
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In a state with a checkered history with federal special education law, advocates say Texas students will see an erosion of their disability rights protections. As the Trump administration pushes to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, advocates for students with disabilities worry that, without federal oversight, Texas will fail to provide adequate special education services to the children who need them.