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The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation.

From the pandemic to the Ukraine and Iran energy crises, working from home has been treated as a crisis response.

Since January 2025, educators and advocates for English learners and immigrant students have raised concerns about support for these populations, even as schools’ federal obligations to them remain …

This is part of PEN America’s ongoing “Snapshots of Censorship” project. Read more and share your story here.Earlier this year, I was told by university administrators at Texas A&M to remove a reading from Plato’s Symposium from my introduction to philosophy course. The reason? Because the reading di

An April 9, 2026, memo from Texas Tech University system chancellor Brandon Creighton imposed extraordinary censorship about gender-related issues on campus. It may be the worst restriction on …

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Concerned Texans gave public comments Tuesday in Austin about planned changes to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for social studies for elementary, middle and high school students.

Gretna East High School junior Nicholas Mitchell filed an appeal yesterday with the Gretna Public Schools Board of Education, asking them to reverse the recent censorship of an editorial cartoon and to establish a district policy that lets student editors determine the content of school-sponsored student media without prior review.

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Shuttering a women’s studies program, overhauling a gender studies program and cancelling courses focused on race and gender is an attack on all feminist movements and women everywhere.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.Advocates for transgender youth vowed to keep fighting Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked — at least …

The NYU professor and podcast host is hoping to wipe out roughly $250 million in market cap from 10 tech companies in his protest of Trump administration immigration policies.

What the Pentagon's pressure on Anthropic reveals about power, governance, and the future of our schools.

Sam Altman praised Anthropic on Friday morning. By Friday night, he'd signed their replacement.

What H.R. 7661 Means for School Libraries and Why We Must Speak Now

AUSTIN, Texas - Earlier this month, DPS installed license plate readers along several state rights-of-ways. Now, we’re learning which agencies can access that data.The City of Austin ended its …

Israel has launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran’s capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city’s downtown. The apparent strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the 86-year-old Khamenei had been in his offices at the time. He hasn’t been seen publicly in days as tensions with the United States have grown. Sirens sounded across Israel at the same time. More explosions struck Iran’s capital after Israel said it was attacking the country. Authorities have offered no casualty information from the strikes. Meanwhile, Iran shut down its airspace after Israel launched an attack targeting the country.

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School district layoffs are rising nationwide as deficits grow, affecting class size, programs, and student support services.

Stephen Colbert hosts Texas State Rep. James Talarico for an online-exclusive interview that touches on the issues raised in Talarico's campaign for the Demo...

Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.

The "Late Show" host on Monday night opened up about something the network "clearly doesn't want us to talk about."“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert tore into his future former employer on Monday night as he accused CBS of caving to FCC threats by spiking his interview with Texas state Rep. and U.S. S

EFF is calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting DHS lawless administrative subpoenas for user data.

While artificial intelligence and robotics promise opportunities, the people who stand to benefit the most from these technologies are some of the worst in the world.

The latest piece from writer and poet Carol Frome.