On Monday, June 1, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that will allow individuals who suffer with a drug resistant form of epilepsy to access low doses of cannabis oil to reduce their seizures.
Initially, officials called it an isolated incident of tuberculosis (TB) in East Texas. One case of the contagious bacterial lung infection originated at a local community college. It since has multiplied into four new cases, the direct result of contact with “patient zero” and now, 60 more people are being screened as a precaution.
The Failure to Attend School, or “truancy” would no longer be a criminal offense under a historic bill that passed both chambers of the Texas Legislature on Saturday, May 30.
S&P data showed that the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) real estate market is red hot: home prices jumped 9.3 percent, twice the national average of 4.1 percent. Only San Francisco at 10.3 percent and Denver, at 10 percent, rose higher.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 4, the signature legislation of his emergency early childhood education initiative. The bill establishes a grant program that sets aside $130 million over two years for public school districts to improve the quality and accountability of the state’s pre-Kindergarten or “pre-K” programs.
The Texas House sent a clear message about cyber-exploitation by going after “revenge porn” with a 143-0 bipartisan vote to pass Senate Bill 1135 (SB 1135) on Tuesday, May 26.
A West Texas district court judge was reprimanded last week by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for making an offensive comment, calling a district attorney a “New York Jew” and telling another prosecutor that his beard made him “look like a Muslim” and “I wouldn’t hire you.”
A Nevada public charter school apologized to a sixth grade student for censoring her from using Bible verse in a school PowerPoint presentation, according to the Liberty Institute, the North Texas-based religious liberties law firm which has represented the family involved in the matter.
A North Texas honors student was days away from his high school graduation when he was suspended after campus police and K9 unit discovered an unopened beer in a cooler in the back of his pickup truck between a few bottles of water and some cans of soda.
The Texas couple who spent more than 20 years in prison for a crime they said they did not commit had their day in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. On May 20, the highest criminal court in the state threw out the 1992 sexual and satanic assault act convictions against former day care operators Dan and Fran Keller.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law House Bill 40, which restricts cities and towns from imposing local ordinances that regulate oil and gas drilling, or attempt to ban fracking operations. The new law became effective immediately on Monday, May 18.
Joseph Offutt is the patriotic Texan who held an American flag for 14 hours outside the reopened Curtis Culwell Center, following the failed terrorist attack against the Mohammed Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Garland on May 3. He’s still raising that flag at a more convenient intersection nearby, six days a week, and he’s never alone.
The Texas House gave its final nod to criminalize “revenge porn,” the compromising practice of posting sexually explicit and nude images by an ex-lover with the intention to humiliate a former sweetheart or spouse. The vote on Friday, May 15, was 128-1.
On Monday, May 11, the Texas state Senate advanced SB 2046, which would allow homeschoolers to participate in local public school University Interscholastic League (UIL) sports teams. The bill passed in a bipartisan vote of 26-5.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 149 (SB 149) into law on Monday, May 11. The goal of this legislation is to create another path to high-school graduation for students who do not pass two of the five annual End-of-Course (EOC) State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) tests.
“Community schools” is not a widely-known term, but today representatives in the Texas State House will vote on House Bill 1891, entitled “Relating to Texas Community Schools” – legislation that would, if passed, fundamentally change the role of public education in students’ lives, in ways that conflict with Texas values.
Is the Fort Bend County Truancy Court legal? No, says a class action lawsuit filed on Wednesday, May 6 in the 268th District Court. Roach v. Ingram, et al., alleges that school offense citations are prohibited under Texas law and only the legislature can establish a Court. The Dallas County Truancy Court system is authorized under statute to operate a stand-alone criminal Truancy Court, Fort Bend County is not.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement late Thursday, May 7, regarding the Texas Senate’s passage of House Bill 4 (HB 4). The bill contains much of the pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) wish list initiative he declared an emergency item to implement in accordance with his campaign promises.
In an internal memo dated April 29, 2015, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced the California Department of Education (CDE) was dropping the “Common Core” name, but keeping the Common Core system.
The Garland Independent School District (ISD) is rethinking who can rent the Curtis Culwell Center, following the attack on free speech that occurred outside the venue during the Mohammad Art Contest and Exhibit on Sunday evening, May 3.
GARLAND, Texas — Breitbart Texas had three reporters on scene at the Curtis Culwell Center for the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest and, at the time of the shooting, was interviewing Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer.
“Texas officials are actively investigating to determine the cause and scope of the senseless attack in Garland, Texas,” said Governor Abbott. “This is a crime that was quickly ended thanks to the swift action by Garland law enforcement. Our thoughts and prayers remain with all those affected tonight.”
Three groups with seemingly divergent viewpoints came together in Dallas to peacefully express their views about the situation in Baltimore. Peaceful, respectful, but a smaller than expected turn-out was how the #DallasToBaltimore demonstration went in Dallas on Friday night, May 1. The groups gathered to show solidarity with Baltimore, a city torched by the incendiary behavior of its residents in the wake of the tragic death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray.
The first annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest will be held on Sunday, May 3, at the Curtis Culwell Center, 5-7 pm, in the Dallas suburb of Garland, Texas. It will be hosted by human rights and free-speech activist Pamela Geller and her organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI).
Texas prosecutes K-12 children and their parents for the Failure to Attend School (FTAS), at more than double the rate of all 49 other states combined. Unlawful absenteeism affects youngsters from all walks of life, often leaving a criminal paper trail that jeopardizes their futures.
