Meet the tent company making a fortune off Trump’s deportation plans
| April 14, 2025
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Deployed Resources, a privately held tent company, is set to operate a new ICE tent camp to hold people awaiting deportation in El Paso, Texas.
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.
Texas Republicans take aim at public transit in two major cities
| April 7, 2025
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The Texas Legislature is considering bills that transit officials warn could hamper public transportation in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth regions.
Telehealth for pets? It’s the cat’s meow, a Texas lawmaker says.
| April 1, 2025
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Animal health care experts raised concern that telehealth would lead to misdiagnosis and erode what little care already exists in rural Texas.
Texas State Veterans Home named for Tuskegee Airmen opens in Fort Worth
| March 31, 2025
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A project long championed by the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce to honor the area’s Tuskegee Airmen came to fruition March 22, as Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham hosted the grand opening of the Texas State Veterans Home in Fort Worth that bears their name.