Gov. Abbott Signs Billions in Homeowner, Business Property Tax Relief

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed three measures providing new property tax relief to homeowners and businesses. During a press conference in Denton on Monday, Abbott signed Senate Bill 4, Senate Bill 23, and House Bill 9 into law, which he says will bring the total amount of additional tax relief passed this session up to $10 billion. That number, however, includes some existing property tax relief passed in previous sessions. All three measures in the tax relief package were worked on by State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R–Houston) and State Rep. Morgan Meyer (R–Dallas), who were in attendance at the signing. The first measure signed, SB 4, raises the homestead exemption to $140,000.
Patrick Accuses Abbott of Trying To Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Texas

Gov. Abbott’s veto of legislation banning THC has created a rare public clash between two of the state’s top leaders.
Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls for regulation instead

The move infuriated Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Senate, who had called the ban among his top five bills over 17 years in the Legislature.
Did Texas lawmakers do enough for children with disabilities? These child care advocates say no.

Lawmakers added $100 million to a child care scholarship program but failed to expand access to free preschool for children with disabilities. LUFKIN — Texas lawmakers this year added $100 million to a scholarship fund to help families across the state pay for early child care, an extraordinary investment that may ease a waitlist to help thousands of children. However, advocates say legislators fell short in creating more opportunities for the state’s youngest living with disabilities. “Most families with children with disabilities are really struggling in one area, if not multiple,” said Bethany Edwards, director for research and evaluation at the Center for Transforming Lives, a North Texas nonprofit that helps single mothers. Edwards is also a parent of a child with disabilities. “And there's a lot that can happen from a policy standpoint to change these systems, but change seems to happen very slowly,” she said.
Gov. Greg Abbott orders special legislative session after vetoing 26 bills

Abbott will call lawmakers back to Austin to tackle Senate Bill 3, a proposed ban on THC products that he vetoed, as well as five others from his veto list.
Texas Gov Signs Bill Requiring Ten Commandments in Public School Classrooms

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that would require all public school classrooms in his state to display the biblical Ten Commandments. The law, which goes into effect on Sept. 1, requires classrooms to display a poster or framed English translation of the commandments that is at least 16-by-20 inches and is able to be read from anywhere in the classroom. Texas has more than 5.5 million students throughout its more than 9,000 public schools.

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Katy ISD’s 2025-26 compensation plan removes benchmark raises, opts for staff raises

June 3010:00 AM

Veteran teachers in Katy ISD will no longer receive benchmark raises in the 2025-26 school year. Instead, the district will use the funds to provide raises and stipends for new teachers and other employees not covered by the state’s $28.9 million compensation package for the district. view article

Here’s how much HISD teachers will be paid in 2025-26

June 3009:29 AM

The Houston Independent School District has released its 2025–2026 Compensation Plan, outlining changes that will tie teacher pay increases to performance evaluations rather than years of service. The plan continues the district’s ongoing shift toward performance-based compensation and comes as HISD implements broader reforms across the school system. view article

Parents Praise Passage of Protections From Sexual Predators in Schools

June 3008:46 AM

An army of advocates worked with lawmakers to protect students from sexual abuse and exploitation. Parent advocates are praising a series of reforms designed to protect Texas children from sexualization and sexual predators in public schools, making education officials live up to their frequent claim that “student safety is our top priority.” An army of grassroots activists, parents, and survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of educators worked with state lawmakers before and during the 89th Legislative Session to ensure passage of measures to keep kids safe in taxpayer-funded schools. Gov. Greg Abbott has now signed the bills, adding his stamp of approval to the measures. view article

US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law for Online Porn Sites

June 3008:35 AM

The Court found that the law is a constitutionally permissible exercise of the state’s authority to protect children from sexually explicit content. In a win for protecting children from the harmful effects of pornography, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring age verification to access X-rated content online. Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the 6-3 opinion finding that the state’s age verification law, known as House Bill 1181, does not unconstitutionally burden First Amendment-protected free speec view article

Gov. Greg Abbott sets Nov. 4 special election for open state Senate seat

June 3008:31 AM

The contest coincides with the state’s November uniform election, when voters across Texas will already be at the polls to decide local offices and ballot measures. The contest coincides with the state’s November uniform election, when voters across Texas will already be at the polls to decide local offices and ballot measures. view article

Conroe ISD weighs 6% raises for teachers and staff

June 3008:26 AM

In a budget presentation June 24, the Conroe ISD board of trustees discussed a 2025-26 compensation plan including 6% raises for teachers and staff and a 4% raise for police and other administrative positions. view article

El Paso ISD struggles with career readiness; just 16% of seniors earn certifications

June 3008:26 AM

They’ve crossed the stage, diploma in hand. But for most seniors in the El Paso Independent School District, something is missing: a career credential that proves they’re ready for work. Newly released district data from the June 18 school board meeting shows that just 16% of EPISD seniors in the Class of 2025 earned an industry-based certification, or IBC. view article

Austin ISD approves new budget with a $47M deficit, despite new state funding

June 3008:25 AM

Austin ISD trustees have approved a new budget for the 2025–26 school year, one that still leaves the district tens of millions of dollars in the red. Despite months of cost-cutting, layoffs, and new state funding, the budget closes with a $47.3 million deficit. That includes a $19.7 million shortfall in the district’s general fund, which pays for daily operations like teacher salaries, transportation, and school services. view article

Seguin ISD to consider zoo school partnership at SOLC

June 3008:25 AM

The Seguin ISD Board of Trustees is set to consider tonight what district officials say could be a new exciting early childhood education initiative. Trustees will review a proposed partnership pilot between Seguin ISD and the Will Smith Zoo School (WSZS), an innovative early learning program operated by the San Antonio Zoo. If approved, the partnership would establish a nature-based pre-kindergarten program at the district’s Irma Lewis Outdoor Learning Center (ILOLC), along with co-enrollment opportunities for Seguin ISD students at the WSZS campus in San Antonio. view article

Keller ISD plans for $150K surplus for 2025-26 school year budget

June 3008:25 AM

The board of trustees adopted the district’s budget for the 2025-26 school year during a special board meeting June 26 for $413.4 million. Chief Operations Officer John Allison said the budget is required to include a general, debt service and child nutrition fund. view article

Parents sue Houston ISD over child’s use of different pronouns

June 3008:25 AM

A new lawsuit against the Houston Independent School District (HISD) is accusing the district of using a name and pronouns that does not match the child's assigned sex at birth –a case that could have severe implications for Texas educators. Two parents have filed a lawsuit alleging that several HISD employees referred to their child, who attends Bellaire High School, with he/him pronouns and a different name. view article

‘Unjust’: Judson ISD board cuts pre-K program, staff positions, athletics to offset deficit’

June 3008:25 AM

The Judson Independent School District board is cutting early childhood education, athletics, staff positions and employee workdays in an effort to offset a historic budget deficit. The board has undergone a dramatic shift since the May 3 election, with the addition of three new trustees who ran campaigns on the need to address the district’s fiscal crisis more aggressively. At the behest of a new majority and its pariah-turned-presiding president, the seven-member board has spent the last month working tirelessly to reduce expenses. view article

2 accused in Longview ISD elementary abuse case wants charges tried separately

June 3008:25 AM

Two women accused in the abuse of multiple disabled Longview elementary students are asking their charges be tried separately. Cassandra Renee James, 51, of Hallsville, and Linda Kaye Brown Lister, 63, of Longview, are each charged with 18 counts related to child abuse. They are two of six people accused of abusing 11 students at J.L. Everhart Elementary from 2019 to 2021. view article

Howe ISD head coach accused of child sex crimes

June 3008:25 AM

Head coach and athletic director Andrew Harvey was arrested by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. He’s charged with online solicitation of a minor sexual conduct, sale/distribution/display of harmful material to a minor and solicitation of prostitution person under 18. Howe ISD said in a release to parents that Harvey was placed on administrative leave immediately after they were notified of the charges, and he is not permitted on district property, nor is he allowed to have contact with students or faculty at this time. view article

Health reason forces Dallas ISD’s “Animal Man” to leave the classroom for good

June 3008:24 AM

Harry Monroe has been an educator for 51 years. He spent 33 of those with the Dallas Independent School District. Now, he's leaving for health reasons. It may not be the retirement chapter Monroe envisioned, but he lived to see it. For that, he's grateful. "I consider myself the last of the dinosaurs," Monroe said. view article

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Dallas ISD cellphone ban to start this fall. See possible fines for students, parents

June 3008:24 AM

The Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a new cellphone ban, which will take effect this fall. The decision comes in response to House Bill 1481, which requires all school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to adopt policies prohibiting the use of personal communication devices during the school day on school property. view article

Comal ISD board approves pay increase for district employees for 2025-26 school year

June 3008:24 AM

The Comal Independent School District board of trustees approved pay increases for all teachers and staff members on Thursday, according to a news release. The raises are part of the district’s $341 million budget for the 2025-26 school year and were made possible by Texas House Bill 2 and the Teacher Retention Allotment (TRA). view article

Dallas ISD board approves cell phone ban

June 3008:22 AM

The Dallas Independent School District board early Friday approved a new cell phone ban ahead of the statewide policy that's also set to go into effect this upcoming school year. Dallas ISD experimented with different ways to keep cell phones out of the classroom, but now that it is state law, the school board moved quickly to approve a new district wide policy. view article

Texas Water Development Board Declares Interregional Water Conflict

June 3005:10 AM

The Texas Water Development Board has declared an interregional conflict between water Region C and Region D over the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir. According to the Texas Water Code, if a water region planning group voices that an interregional water conflict exists with another region group in the development of its proposed water plan, the Texas Water Development Board is responsible for determining the validity of the claim. If a conflict does exist, the board is to coordinate mediation between the two water region groups. view article

Texas To Become ‘Bitcoin Sanctuary’

June 3005:04 AM

Cryptocurrency advocates rejoice as Texas invests in Bitcoin. view article

Texas capital murder case attempts to severely punish abortion pill use by treating a fetus as a person

June 3005:00 AM

A North Texas man charged with capital murder after slipping mifepristone into his girlfriend’s food signals another attempt to rein in abortion pills. A North Texas man charged with capital murder this month after he allegedly slipped his girlfriend abortion-inducing medication and caused a miscarriage marks the first time a murder charge has been brought in an abortion-related case in Texas. The case tests a new method for reining in abortion pills — by threatening to prosecute individuals who provide them with the most severe criminal charge — while advancing the longstanding legal provision that defines an embryo as a person, legal experts say. The latter could raise serious implications about the legality of fertility treatments and in other legal realms such as criminal and immigration issues. “It is shocking to people that the law can be used this way… that this is the extent and result of the more than 20 year old fetal personhood laws,” said Blake Rocap, a Texas attorney who works in abortion rights advocacy and studies pregnancy criminalization. Legal experts say the case will not change Texas laws that prevent women who receive abortions from being prosecuted. view article

Texas Agency Orders Universities To Disclose Illegal Alien Students

June 2708:45 AM

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s directive follows a June 4 ruling that illegal aliens cannot receive in-state tuition in Texas. view article

Prosecutors Seek Cell Phone of Student Solicited for Sex by Elgin ISD Coach

June 2708:41 AM

Coach Devin Anderson was charged last year with having an illicit sexual “relationship” with a female student. view article

Trump administration expands military’s role at the border to the southern tip of Texas

June 2708:40 AM

The newly annexed 250-mile stretch at the border spans two counties and runs alongside cities including Brownsville and McAllen. view article

Christian parents sue to stop Ten Commandments requirement in Texas schools

June 2708:31 AM

The lawsuit contests a state law that requires the biblical directives be displayed in classrooms, saying it violates First Amendment and parental rights. view article

Winnsboro ISD Coach Charged With Covering Up Fellow Coach’s Sex With Student

June 2708:30 AM

Coach Jared Lancaster is accused of knowingly failing to report another teacher’s sexual abuse of a student. A Texas high school coach was charged with covering up a fellow coach’s illegal sex with a student, and authorities say more arrests are expected in the case. Jared Alan Lancaster, a teacher and assistant baseball coach in Winnsboro Independent School District, was arrested Monday and charged with knowingly failing to make a required child abuse report. view article

Texas Education Board Proposes New Standards for School Trustee Training

June 2708:30 AM

If adopted, the revised Framework for School Board Development will represent a fundamental shift in public school governance. view article

Parents, teachers call for DISD to block ICE from schools after agents seen near campuses

June 2708:30 AM

Some parents and teachers are calling on Dallas ISD to adopt a policy barring ICE agents from the district’s campuses. It comes after masked agents were seen stopping traffic in the street near two DISD schools on June 20. In a packed meeting of the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees on Thursday night, the majority of public speakers shared a unified message to the district. “Do whatever is necessary to keep any and all ICE presence out of DISD schools,” said Veronica Alvarez, a DISD parent. Last Friday, DISD teacher Cynthia Longoria took a series of pictures showing the street between Pancho Medrano Junior High and Joe May Elementary. The pictures showed four law enforcement agents stopping a driver, with one of the agents wearing a face covering. view article

Proposed Pell Grant cuts threaten college access for nearly 500,000 Texas college student

June 2708:30 AM

Proposals in the federal budget bill would cut the maximum Pell Grant award amount by $1,500 and take away eligibility for students enrolled less than half-time. Nearly half a million Texas students stand to get less help paying for college because of aggressive cuts federal lawmakers are considering to a critical financial aid program. The country’s lowest-income students depend on the Pell Grant to get through college. It is the largest source of grant aid in Texas. But a U.S. House proposal in the massive budget package President Donald Trump is dubbing the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would take significant chunks out of Pell. The Senate is facing pressure from the White House to vote on the bill this weekend. view article

Major bills Greg Abbott vetoed, from Texas’ THC ban to summer food programs

June 2708:30 AM

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed more than two dozen bills this week, ranging from a teacher retention advisory committee to a slew of criminal justice-related changes. He sent state lawmakers back to the drawing board on six of the rejected proposals and completely scrapped the rest. Most of the vetoed bills were bipartisan and the authors’ party affiliations were almost evenly split, though slightly more were authored by Republicans. Abbott is calling state lawmakers back to Austin on July 21 for a special session to take up several of the vetoed measures. The big priority will be creating regulations for hemp products to replace the all-out ban that Abbott vetoed earlier this week. view article

Is THC as dangerous as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick makes it out to be?

June 2708:30 AM

Although Patrick and hemp industry leaders have quarreled over the risks and benefits of THC, cannabis researchers say it can be addictive but doesn’t usually cause widespread psychosis or brain damage. Over the last six months, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has built his case against THC products, claiming in press conferences, podcast episodes and social media posts, that the drug is proliferating without safeguards, driving young people to suicide, creating lifelong addicts, and altering users’ brains completely. view article

Texas will not join federal summer meals program after Gov. Abbott vetoes $60M in funding

June 2708:30 AM

Texas will not participate in a federal program that provides summer food assistance for low-income children after Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed state funding for the initiative on June 22. view article

Texas is getting older, but its child population is growing

June 2612:19 PM

STATEWIDE — Texas is growing older faster than the rest of the nation. While the number of young people in the U.S. has shrunk, the population of children in Texas has grown. The population of Texans age 65 and older grew faster than any other age group since the start of the decade, growing by 3.8% from 2023 to 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. They grew faster than working-age adults and children under the age of 18. Their numbers show that people are living longer than in past generations. And, as they age, they'll increasingly rely on those of working age, a population that isn’t growing as quickly, said Holly Heard, vice president of data and analytics at Texas 2036. In Texas, which has the highest levels of people without health insurance, elder Texans will likely face more ailments as they age. view article

ROYAL ISD NAMES LONE FINALIST IN SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH

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Official Press Release: ROYAL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES NAME DR. MEGAN C. PAPE view article

Texas Lottery Commission to be disbanded as state game gets new restrictions

June 2508:51 AM

Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday signed Senate Bill 3070, which will also criminalize the online sale of lottery tickets through couriers. view article

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