It's Friday! As you roll into your weekend, here's some news and notes from Texas and elsewhere to distract you for at least part of your day. (In other words, let's see if I can't get some of these browser tabs closed.) Reminder: tonight is BOR's firs... »
In a shocking move that stunned Democratic and Republican leaders in Texas, Rick Perry today renounced the Republican Party's deeply anti-humanist agenda and called on his fellow partisans to behave more in line with the actual teachings of Jesus Chris... »
In 2011, the Republican legislature slashed four billion dollars from public school funding in Texas. They also cut grants to school districts by $1.3 billion -- that pays for after school programs and early childhood education. As a result, schools cl... »
Last week, another Democrat joined the Turncoat Club, as State Rep. JM Lozano announced that he is switching to the GOP. Lozano then filed as a Republican for HD-43, the seat he won by ousting former Democratic Rep. Tara Rios Ybarra in the 2010 primary... »
About three months ago, we reported that almost two million students were likely represented between two separate school finance law suits. I suggested that at least one would likely make headway. Well, it turns out that there are at least four major s... »
MALDEF, the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, has released a statement in favor of AG Greg Abbott's terrible compromise maps. Remember, Abbott has not obtained the support of the NAACP, Wendy Davis, the Travis County Groups, or MALC. M... »
Today the San Antonio panel meets to discuss the most pressing issues in the ongoing redistricting battle pertaining to primary election dates. The main question is what date we'll be able to hold our primaries, and if we will need two dates. Floated p... »
