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50 songs you won’t believe are turning 50 this year
| April 2, 2025
Can you believe that these hit songs are turning the big 5-0?
What Trump’s dismantling of the US Education Department means for Texas
| March 27, 2025
The Trump administration's plans to close the US Education Department — which provides $3.6 billion to Texas schools — has left public school advocates decrying it as "embarrassing, maddening, and saddening."
‘Striking close to home’: Zoning bills tackling Texas affordable housing crisis evoke emotion
| March 25, 2025
Affordability | bills | EQUALITY | funding | HOUSING | INFRASTRUCTURE | lawmakers | laws | national politics | politcal | political | politics | STATE | state legislature | texas | TEXAS ECONOMY | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS
As part of a potential slate of solutions to Texas’ housing affordability crisis, state senators recently examined a bill authorizing the use of small auxiliary residences behind a larger main house.
These Librarians Won’t Let America’s Fever Hit Fahrenheit 451
| March 20, 2025
bannedbooks | bookbans | books | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | CIVIL RIGHTS | Community | CULTURE | EQUALITY | History | libraries | library | LITERATURE | national politics | politcal | political | politics | public education | schools | STATE | texas | TEXAS POLITICS
A new documentary shows us our local guardians of intellectual freedom in battle.
Public school funding in Texas doesn’t match community support, advocate says
| March 6, 2025
DFW | EDUCATION | funding | public education | public school | state legislature | texas | TEXAS HOUSE
Amid declining enrollments and budget shortfalls, public school supporters are concerned that a $1 billion school voucher program will funnel more money away from neighborhood schools.