Photo Above: A sign for 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline number, is posted at a North Austin parking lot on Jan. 3, 2025. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas TribuneBy Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune “Amid a $7 million deficit to Texas’…
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Phot above: Construction workers building homes in San Antonio on Dec. 10, 2024. Credit: Scott Stephen Ball for The Texas Tribune By Alejandra Martinez, Alejandro Serrano, Berenice Garcia, Carlos Nogueras Ramos and Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune “Some Texas business leaders are…
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Photo above: Gov. Greg Abbott addresses the Texas House during the Opening Day of the 88th Texas Legislature at the Texas Capitol. School vouchers will have strong support in the Texas Legislature next year but some opponents hope proponents will…
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Staff Report COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M University offers the highest return on investment (ROI) among Texas public universities, according to an analysis by the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP). The study, which assessed 53,000 degree and certificate…
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Photo above: A patient prepares to take mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, on Jan. 13, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas TribuneDec. 13, 2024 “Ken Paxton sues New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills…
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Photo above: State Rep. Armando “Mondo” Martinez speaks during a Texas Tribune event on Aug. 24, 2022. Credit: Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune “A South Texas lawmaker’s 15-year fight for a Rio Grande Valley law…
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By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune, and Shomial Ahmad, Fort Worth Report “A tuition freeze without more state aid could leave Texas universities strapped” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans —…
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Photo above: President-elect Donald Trump warned that he’d impose tariffs on goods from Canada, China and Mexico until drugs and undocumented migrants stop crossing the border. Credit: Carlos Barria/REUTERS By Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune “Donald Trump’s tariffs on Mexico could devastate…
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Photo above: U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, in his office the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 21, 2024. Gonzalez defeated former Republican Rep. Mayra Flores to secure the seat for Texas’ 34th District. Credit: Shuran Huang for The…
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Dr. M. Ray Perryman It’s a fact of US demographic life that school enrollments are likely to trend downward. The population is aging, birth rates are dropping, and consequently there are fewer school-aged children. The National Center for Education Statistics…
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