Phoenix House is the latest casualty in an escalating funding crisis for Texas treatment centers as the state struggles with startling increases in overdose deaths, particularly among young people.
The Brazosport Independent School District is always in need of more teachers — and for a long time, it wasn’t able to find enough. Located about 60 miles south of Houston, the 11,500-student district doesn’t have a big college of education nearby to churn out new teachers. It’s hard to compete with larger districts in […]
State lawmakers passed a bill preempting local control this year. Now cities and counties are weighing their options, and polling indicates GOP legislators may be overestimating the support for such laws.
During the Texas Legislature’s upcoming session, Rep. Sheryl Cole hopes to bring the state’s penal code into the 21st century.
Last week, the Austin Democrat filed a bill that would make social media harassment a crime. It’s especially geared toward protecting school-age kids from “indirect” cyberbullying, wherein a tormenter posts obscene content about a victim without directly tagging or messaging them.
An earlier version of the bill was vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2019 because he said it was overly broad. The governor, who in 2017 had signed a bill criminalizing cyberbullying, said in a veto statement that Cole’s initial bill could also sweep in political dissidents who repeatedly criticized elected officials online.