Op-Ed: A third of parents putting career plans on hold due to cost of childcare — even in Texas
| May 14, 2025
We treat childcare as a personal problem that deserves private suffering, instead of political action. I spent years thinking that it was my fault. As another mom said to me: “It feels like I’m the one doing something wrong.”
VIDEO: ‘Dark day for Texas’ as Greg Abbott signs $1 billion school voucher law
| May 5, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott signed his school voucher bill into law on May 3, celebrating with hundreds of supporters on the lawn of the Texas Governor’s Mansion.
At UT, a Day of Drag and Defiance
| May 5, 2025
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Students gathered for a joyful protest of the university system’s drag show ban.
Texas mom testifies against gun bill that would lower purchase age to 18
| May 1, 2025
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In Texas, people must be at least 21 to buy a handgun from a licensed dealer — but Republican lawmakers want to change that.
House Bill 2470, proposed by Rep. Wesley Virdell (R-Brady) and cosponsored by 20 other Republicans, lowers the age to possess a handgun to 18, despite firearms being the leading cause of death for children and teens aged 1-17, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“This bill passing would be a bomb being detonated,” Robin Breed, a member of Moms Demand Action, said during a House committee hearing for the bill on April 14. “ Those of us in this room opposing this bill will continue to raise our voices against these dangerous and deadly policies, despite many of you being unwilling to look at facts and data and continually leaving your conscious at the door.”
Why was a Frisco man tased by Dallas PD in the Love Field airport?
| May 1, 2025
On April 19, Frisco’s Michael Singleton was tased and arrested by Dallas police in the Love Field Airport for an overdue traffic citation.
Singleton, along with his attorney, addressed the press on Monday in downtown Dallas, asking for an investigation into the incident.