
Texas lawmakers held a hearing this week on the rampant number of educators who cross the line and engage in improper sexual relationships with their students. The abhorrent conduct violates the trust placed in them to protect pre-K to 12th grade school children.
by Merrill Hope11 Dec 2015, 8:58 AM PST0

FBI investigators are still unable to read 109 encrypted messages sent by one of the two men who opened fire outside the Muhammad Art Exhibit in Garland, Texas, that took place in May.
by Merrill Hope11 Dec 2015, 5:17 AM PST0

In a Breitbart Texas video interview, Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne discussed the upcoming protests, security concerns, and Irving’s character, a city maligned for its patriotism, and state and local pride. Pro-Muslim groups plan to rally on Saturday, December 12 at the Islamic Center of Irving, in the culturally diverse Dallas suburb of Irving, the controversial hotbed for protests and counter-protests.
by Merrill Hope9 Dec 2015, 10:08 AM PST0

Cultures may clash or even collide in the Dallas area Saturday when pro-Islam, anti-Muslim, armed protesters, and pacifists demonstrate at two area hotbed mosques. One mosque is in Irving, former home to ‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed, and the other, in Richardson.
by Merrill Hope8 Dec 2015, 6:09 AM PST0

The Ahmadiyya Community Dallas sponsored a service at the Baitul Ikram mosque in suburban Allen on Sunday afternoon to pray for the victims of last week’s San Bernardino terror attack and distance their religion from the Islamic State and extremism.
by Merrill Hope7 Dec 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

“Clock Boy” Ahmed’s high school participated in the wildly popular City of Irving annual Christmas holiday celebration on Saturday. MacArthur High again debunked the mainstream media’s negative portrayal of the campus and the Irving community as hotbeds of hatred and
by Merrill Hope6 Dec 2015, 11:32 AM PST0

Another weekend was almost about to become mired in simultaneous protests, counter-protests and clashing cultures in North Texas until one pro-Islam group abruptly canceled their demonstration where a Tea Party group decided to rally in Irving.
by Merrill Hope5 Dec 2015, 7:41 AM PST0

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), a federal refugee resettlement contractor, says six Syrian refugees will arrive in Dallas as early as today, defying Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to pull out of federal Syrian refugee resettlement programs because of security screening concerns.
by Merrill Hope4 Dec 2015, 9:11 AM PST0

Dallas Independent School District police detained a 13-year-old T.W. Browne Middle School female student Wednesday for allegedly making a terroristic threat against the campus over social media.
by Merrill Hope3 Dec 2015, 10:01 AM PST0

‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed Mohamed claims anti-Islam protests held in Irving, Texas, keep him from returning to the United States. In October, the teen and his family relocated to Qatar after the controversial Texas student accepted a fully-funded education scholarship from the Muslim Brotherhood associated Qatar Foundation. Ahmed insists that, although homesick in Qatar, even peaceful anti-Islam rallies held in Irving are stopping him from traveling back to the place he calls home, Texas.
by Merrill Hope1 Dec 2015, 3:57 PM PST0

Within days of demanding a total of $15 million from the City of Irving and the Irving Independent School District, “Clock Boy” Ahmed Mohamed announced in a long distance phone interview from Qatar, he is homesick and wants to come home to Texas now.
by Merrill Hope1 Dec 2015, 8:10 AM PST0

Nearly 100 demonstrators rallied in front of the Islamic Center in Irving, Texas on Saturday to counter-protest last week’s small gathering who protested armed yet peacefully in front of the mosque. This weekend’s event was positioned as a “rally of love” to support the mosque.
by Merrill Hope30 Nov 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

Just before Thanksgiving, a Texas school board voted to erase more American history.
by Merrill Hope26 Nov 2015, 3:36 PM PST0

Anyone can sue and so “Clock Boy” Ahmed is contemplating suing. He and his family may want $15 million, but a Texas juvenile law expert says his claims have little merit to win a case in court.
by Merrill Hope26 Nov 2015, 8:45 AM PST0

A Muslim student shared unexpected revelations about the same Texas high school attended by “Clock Boy” Ahmed in documents Breitbart Texas obtained through an open records request. The documents reveal a viewpoint unheard so far because Irving Independent School District officials cannot voice their side of the story due to federal privacy laws connected to the Mohamed family’s not signing a waiver to allow this information to become public.
by Merrill Hope25 Nov 2015, 8:41 AM PST0

On Monday, the family of Ahmed Mohamed demanded $15 million — $10 million from the City of Irving and $5 million from the Irving Independent School District. A 10-page letter to the Irving City Attorney and a similar 9-page letter to the school district attorney allege innumerable claims about “Clock Boy’s” Sept. 14 arrest, among them ‘Islamophobia.’
by Merrill Hope24 Nov 2015, 9:34 AM PST0

The family of “Clock Boy”Ahmed Mohamed demanded a total of $15 million dollars from the City of Irving and the Irving Independent School District or else they will file a lawsuit.
by Merrill Hope23 Nov 2015, 10:14 AM PST0

Texas State Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston) asked the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton to clarify the meaning of the word “premises” in the state’s new open carry law, which goes into effect on January 1. At issue is what constitutes school premises and if open carry will be allowed on K-12 campuses. Whitmire filed for the opinion (RQ-0054-KP) on behalf of lobbyists groups.
by Merrill Hope21 Nov 2015, 4:01 PM PST0

There is “no doubt” ISIS is recruiting youth in North Texas, by targeting them over the internet, said Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas FBI, Tom Class. He added that Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria alter their tactics to make it harder for federal agents to track them online.
by Merrill Hope21 Nov 2015, 2:55 PM PST0

Local law enforcement arrested a female teenager for allegedly threatening her North Texas high school with a school shooting over Twitter.
by Merrill Hope20 Nov 2015, 9:06 AM PST0

Last March, seven Texas cities were named on an ISIS “kill list” as part of an online terroristic threat disseminated over social media that identified U.S. Armed Forces personnel and released the individual’s names, photos, and home addresses. Concerned “kill list” chatter kicked up among Texans over social media following the gruesome ISIS attack on Paris, leaving at least 129 dead. That list gives pause to all in this post-9/11, post-Madrid, and now, post-Paris world.
by Merrill Hope18 Nov 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

Since announcing that Texas would no longer participate in any Syrian refugee relocation programs Monday morning, Gov. Greg Abbott spoke to reporters about his decision following an engagement on higher education in North Texas later in the day.
by Merrill Hope17 Nov 2015, 8:25 AM PST0

Public school zero tolerance policies may result in a nine-year-0ld Florida boy facing sexual harassment charges for writing a love note to a girl in his fourth grade class.
by Merrill Hope14 Nov 2015, 8:07 AM PST0

National “Big Higher Education” lobbyist organizations joined forces to gang up on Texas in an anti-campus carry statement that zeroed in on the University of Texas (UT) at Austin where days ago, activist Gun Free UT lawyered up in an effort to thwart the implementation of the new state law.
by Merrill Hope13 Nov 2015, 8:22 AM PST0

Top Texas officials named 11 of 15 appointees to the newly created public education Commission on Next Generation Assessments and Accountability, authorized through the passage of House Bill 2804 during the 84th legislative session. The short-term 15-member commission’s sole purpose is to write a report that develops and makes recommendations “for new systems of student assessment and public school accountability” which is due by September 1, 2016.
by Merrill Hope12 Nov 2015, 6:08 AM PST0