What Trump 2.0 could mean for public education

Houston native and education expert Diane Ravitch urges a fight for ‘the future of Texas, and for the future of the children’ under Trump’s proposed reforms.

by Josephine Lee, The Texas Observer December 3, 2024February 12, 2025

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Bad Takes: Both political parties are too beholden to wealthy donors to enact real reforms

Neither Democrats nor the incoming Trump administration are willing to threaten the economic status quo.

by Kevin Sanchez November 27, 2024January 3, 2025

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Donald Trump’s tariffs on Mexico could devastate border region, Texas economists warn

The president-elect said he intends to levy a 25% tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada until drugs and undocumented migrants stop crossing the border.

by Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune November 27, 2024April 29, 2025

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Texas offers Trump administration more land to stage mass deportations

‘We have 13 million acres around the state, and if there’s something that meets the federal government’s needs, we want them to be able to utilize that,’ Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said.

by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune November 26, 2024February 26, 2025

Gov. Greg Abbott puts on a happy face during one of his U.S. border cosplay sessions.

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Texas Monthly asked GOP lawmakers to defend Trump’s deportation plan, only two replied

More than 100 Republican officeholders declined comment on what mass deportations would do to the state’s economy.

by Sanford Nowlin November 26, 2024January 30, 2025

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As Trump administration takes shape, Texas takes a back seat

So far Trump has looked elsewhere for his earliest cabinet and high-level staff appointments, in some cases passing over Texans who were in the mix.

by Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune November 19, 2024December 12, 2024

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W.A.S.P. coming to San Antonio after staging controversial Trump-worship show in NYC

The band’s Saturday show featured Trump imagery and effusive boot-licking by frontman Blackie Lawless.

by Stephanie Koithan November 18, 2024August 2, 2025

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Did Trump’s inauguration committee screw up its Florida incorporation filing?

Trump’s team filed two incorporation documents under different names, prompting a watchdog to say the first was a mistake.

by Sanford Nowlin November 18, 2024November 27, 2024

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Texans overwhelmingly voted for Trump. Now, they’ll overwhelmingly suffer the economic fallout.

Texas consumers and businesses will feel the hurt from Trump’s tariffs and deportations, economists warn.

by Sanford Nowlin November 13, 2024June 24, 2025

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Despite climate concerns, young voter turnout slumped and Its support split between the parties

The youth vote was not a monolith in Tuesday’s election, despite its broad concern for the environment and disillusionment with politics and government.

by Keerti Gopal, Inside Climate News November 10, 2024January 18, 2025

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For Texas Democrats, a lost decade

Or how to lose in every way, all at once.

by Gus Bova, The Texas Observer November 9, 2024November 18, 2024

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‘Uncharted territory’: Trump’s anti-immigration plans could take center stage in Texas

Texas is positioned better than any state to help Trump carry out his ambitious anti-immigration agenda. But it is also vulnerable to those policy’s impacts.