GOP lawmakers want to ban 'woke philosophies' like critical race theory in Texas schools
By Duncan Agnew, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas Legislature, Texas politics, critical race theory, woke teaching, House Public Education Committee, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, public schools, education, race, racism, Jonathan Feinstein, The Education Trust, Texas AFT, American Federation of Texas, Zeph Capo, Ray Garofalo, Texas Civic Education Coalition, Texas State Teachers Association, Texas Educators Vote, the Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition, the Texas Council for the Social Studies, The Education Trust, 1619 Project, Brandon Creighton
Congress allocated $19 billion in federal stimulus money to Texas public education, but schools have yet to see an extra dime
Tags: Texas schools, public schools, Raise Your Hand Texas, Texas State Teachers Association, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Harold Dutton, Fund TxEd Recovery, House Appropriations Committee, House Public Education Committee, Mark Henry, stimulus funds, congress, teachers, Just Fund It TX, Texas, New York, Texas Legislature
'I don’t feel safe anymore': Asian Texans grapple with racism after a gunman killed Asian women in Atlanta
Tags: Noodle Tree, San Antonio, anti-asian violence, hate speech, hate crimes, Youngs Asian Massage, Atlanta shootings, Atlanta gunman, Texas, Austin, Asian Americans, Christine Ha, Xin Chao, Houston, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Donald Trump, pandemic, covid-19, covid, coronavirus, Kristina Zhao, Sichuan House, Stop AAPI Hate
Plumber shortage and supply chain issues are delaying storm recovery efforts in Texas
Tags: Texas, ice storm, winter storm, plumbers, plumbing companies, broken pipes, home repairs, damage, scams, price gouging, electricians, Texas Legislature, Greg Abbott, texas regulations, skilled trades
As Texans endured days in the dark, the state failed to deliver vital emergency information
Tags: Texas, disaster, blackouts, winter storm, emergency alerts, Greg Abbott, Texas Governor, Texas House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, Division of Emergency Management, Texas Department of Emergency Management, TDEM, Irwin Redlener, Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, Emergency Alert System, Texas legislature, James White, House Speaker Dade Phelan, Vikki Goodwin, lack of communication
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San Antonio-based Bill Miller Bar-B-Q offering free iced tea every Friday this month
By Nina Rangel
10th Annual Muertos Fest returning to San Antonio's Hemisfair in late October
By Michael Karlis
Former RNC head slams Texas' Ted Cruz for CPAC speech: 'Just sit the hell down, please. Stop it.'
By Sanford Nowlin
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14's Bosco brings glam and horror to the Bonham Exchange Thursday
By Bryan Rindfuss
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