Texas counties sue feds for trying to tie election security policies to anti-terrorism funding

El Paso and Harris counties joined cities in Tennessee and Ohio in the suit arguing the new requirements are unconstitutional and would cost millions to implement.
School’s back: Officials remind drivers to prioritize safety

As students head back to school this week, officials want drivers to be more aware on the roads. With school in session, there are more buses, pedestrians, bicyclists and walkers on roadways. There were more than 3,200 traffic crashes in school zones or involving school buses last year, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. To help keep kids safe, TxDOT is urging drivers to slow down, avoid distractions and follow the rules of the road during its “Be Safe. Drive Smart” Back to School campaign. Parents and guardians can also help teach their kids about ways to stay safe when walking or biking to school. “As students head back to school, we’re asking every driver to make safety their top priority,” Texas Highway Patrol Chief Bryan Rippee said. “Slow down, eliminate distractions and remain alert — especially in school zones, at bus stops and in high-volume traffic areas. Every child deserves to arrive at school and return home safely, and that starts with each of us making responsible decisions behind the wheel.” TxDOT and the Texas Department of Public Safety offer tips for both drivers and students. Tips for driving in school zones
SAISD officially hires Adrian Bustillos as superintendent in split vote

The San Antonio Independent School District board voted 5-2 on Monday to hire Adrian Bustillos as superintendent. First named as the sole finalist for the job in June, Bustillos will replace Jaime Aquino, who joined the district in 2022. Aquino is taking on an emeritus role and plans to fully part ways with SAISD in January. Bustillos joins SAISD with 20 years of experience in public education. His most recent role was chief transformation officer in Aldine ISD, located in north Houston. There, he oversaw innovative school models and the district’s school choice program.
Texas Congressman Files Legislation To Disincentivize Birth Tourism

U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill and U.S. Sen. Jim Banks have filed legislation in their respective chambers to end the awarding of citizenship to the children of illegal aliens and foreign nationals temporarily in the country. Entitled the Citizenship Act of 2026, the bill seeks to define “any person who enters the United States illegally or for birth tourism” as an “invader,” and amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude the children of individuals designated as invaders from birthright citizenship. Birth tourism is the practice of pregnant foreign nationals entering the country in order to have their children in the United States, thereby making them American citizens. This practice is especially popular in nations like China, with conservative lawmakers warning it creates a large national security risk as American-born Chinese nationals would have the ability to influence U.S. elections in the future. “I have officially introduced the ‘Citizenship Act’ with Senator Banks, under which individuals who enter the United States illegally or for birth tourism would be classified as ‘invaders’ and therefore would be excluded from birthright citizenship,” wrote Gill in an X post. Sen. Jim Banks (R–IN) has filed companion legislation in the Senate.
SAISD officially hires Adrian Bustillos as superintendent in split vote

Board President Alicia Sebastian previously said Bustillos is a leader “for this moment” and understands the issues facing urban school districts. SAISD is the third-largest school district in San Antonio, serving around 44,000 students in the city’s urban core. After cutting its budget for the fifth consecutive year, resulting in fewer positions and slashed programs, board members recently passed a budget with a $23.2 million deficit for the upcoming school year. Like most urban school districts, the budget issues are driven by enrollment decline. SAISD steadily loses students every year, resulting in less funding from the state, and expects 2,000 fewer students for the upcoming 2026-27 cycle. Meanwhile, the district has several near-century old buildings, which officials say are costly and inefficient to maintain, and several vacant campuses.
Governor candidate Hinojosa vows to end state takeovers of school districts

In her bid for the governor's seat, Rep. Gina Hinojosa is advocating against school closures and school district takeovers.

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Texas county constable covers, unplugs Flock cameras after nationwide backlash

August 1908:25 AM

Hood County Constable John D. Shirley posted on Facebook Saturday that he's shutting down Flock cameras countywide to end "warrantless tracking" of citizens "just going about their day."Flock cameras record vehicles as they pass by and capture the license plate, vehicle description, time and date. Flock cameras have become a bipartisan issue in North Texas, with opponents citing concerns about data misuse and privacy loss. Many police agencies, meanwhile, argue the cameras are critical investigative tools. Shirley's post included the caption, "Today is a good day for the freedom of the people of Hood County," and messaging that he shut down the Flock cameras in the county that had been "constantly scanning and recording regular folks just going about their day." view article

Former Forney ISD educators federally charged after child sex abuse arrests

August 1908:23 AM

Two former Forney ISD educators are facing federal charges related to their arrests over child sex abuse allegations. Additionally, new arrest documents reveal how Crosby Elementary School's former principal guided a man with a questionable past through changing his name in order to get hired by the district. view article

Canutillo ISD looking for new principal for Canutillo High

August 1908:21 AM

The Canutillo Independent School District is now looking for a new principal for Canutillo High School after former Principal Casey Rangel submitted his resignation. Rangel said he is resigning effective Wednesday, Aug. 19 due to ongoing health concerns. His resignation comes just months after beginning his position on May 21 earlier this year. view article

Canton ISD implements new DEI, instruction policies under state parental rights law

August 1908:21 AM

Canton ISD is one of the first East Texas school districts to address a new state law reshaping parental rights and DEI policy in public schools. Senate Bill 12 prohibits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and bans student clubs “based on sexual orientation or gender identity.” It also gives parents a fundamental right to direct their child’s upbringing and education. view article

Refugio ISD Foundation awards more than $58,000 in grants

August 1908:19 AM

The Refugio ISD Education Foundation awarded more than $58,000 in innovative teacher grants for the 2026-27 school year during the district’s Cat Walk presentation on Aug. 10. The foundation approved 27 grants totaling $58,066.05 to fund projects ranging from academic field trips and literacy programs to career and technical education equipment, medical assistant training and band activities. view article

Alice ISD board member says he has ‘no intention of throwing in the towel’ after wife’s arrest

August 1908:19 AM

Alice ISD board member Cody Reeves is publicly addressing his wife's arrest for the first time, posting a statement on Facebook saying he has "no intention of throwing in the towel." Reeves did not mention his wife Erika Reeves or her charges by name in the post. He wrote that he has "chosen to handle privately" his personal life and thanked those who "respected that without prying or jumping to conclusions." view article

Reassigned Austin ISD families meet challenges, success during first day

August 1908:16 AM

Nelli and Lincoln Charles brought their Bedichek Bobcat pride into the new school year, the mom and son each wore a shirt for the now-closed south Austin middle school. “I still stride with Bedichek, and I truly miss it,” explained Lincoln. On Tuesday, they stood outside Bailey Middle School, where Lincoln wrapped his first day. view article

Chapel Hill ISD leader urges patience as students adjust to new school year

August 1908:15 AM

A Chapel Hill ISD official encourages parents to stay patient and advocate for neurodivergent students as routines return. view article

Holmes HS coach injured after he was struck by car on Northwest Side, Northside ISD says

August 1908:15 AM

A Northside ISD cross country coach was hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle while running off campus Tuesday morning, according to a district spokesperson. The district identified the coach to KSAT as Steve Barlow. Barlow leads the cross country program at Holmes High School. view article

Round Rock school district searches for fourth police chief in six years

August 1906:05 AM

The Round Rock school district is searching for a new police chief for the fourth time in six years as students return to class this week, continuing a pattern of leadership turnover in a young department that has also dealt with culture problems, officer attrition and staffing shortages. view article

Paxton Bars More Than 110 Cities From Raising Taxes Over Audit Failures

August 1905:00 AM

The attorney general’s office says the cities may not exceed the no-new-revenue tax rate until they comply with state audit and transparency requirements. view article

Texas’ school A-F grades relatively flat as Austin ISD inches closer to takeover

August 1808:40 AM

Texas’ school performance ratings remained relatively flat this year, while the Austin school district prepared for expected state sanctions over chronic F ratings. Campuses and districts received their state report cards Friday, providing families a glimpse of how well schools educate students. About one in four schools saw their ratings improve, while a nearly similar number of campuses saw a drop. Of the more than 9,000 campuses in the 2025-26 school year, 24% scored an A, 34% scored a B, 23% scored a C, 10% scored a D and 4% scored an F. Some schools did not receive grades. Schools with high poverty performed worse than more affluent campuses, while campuses with predominantly Black or Hispanic students scored lower than those where white or Asian students make up the majority. view article

Protecting Texas research focus of hearing as Abbott eyes limiting foreign influence in education

August 1808:30 AM

Texas lawmakers will examine Tuesday whether colleges are doing enough to protect research from foreign adversaries, while Gov. Greg Abbott plans to unveil measures aimed at limiting foreign influence in education during a campaign event later that day. The House Higher Education Committee’s agenda does not name a specific law. However, its focus on screening, reporting, oversight and the Higher Education Research Security Council closely tracks House Bill 127, which committee chair Rep. Terry M. Wilson, R-Georgetown, authored last year. The law created the new council and set safeguards for certain researchers, foreign gifts, academic partnerships and work-related travel. Texas universities must screen foreign citizens who are not permanent residents, as well as people with certain work, training or institutional ties to a foreign adversary, before hiring them into research jobs or giving them access to research data, according to the law. view article

Families ask U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Texas’ Ten Commandments requirement for public schools

August 1808:05 AM

Texas can enforce the state's law requiring Ten Commandments posters in public schools. Here's what to know about the latest legal challenges. Texas families on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether state lawmakers can require public schools to display the Ten Commandments. The formal request comes after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier this year that Texas’ and Louisiana’s laws mandating such displays did not violate the Constitution’s ban on states prioritizing one religion over others. “As a parent, I intentionally choose to have my children attend public school because I prefer an educational environment without any religious affiliation,” Nichole Manning, a Dallas-area parent who is atheist, said in a statement. “In a diverse public school environment, all students should be treated with equal respect, regardless of their religious beliefs, or lack thereof.” view article

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Rio Grande Valley residents are feeling more negative about their lives. That could spill into the voting booth.

August 1805:00 AM

EDINBURG — At 50 years old, Abel Gonzalez says he’s happy to be involved in his eight-year dream career of filmmaking, something he sees as fostering the budding film industry in the Rio Grande Valley. But, he still has some anxieties. He’s worried that a family member — who’s a U.S. citizen — will be targeted by immigration officials because he speaks minimal English. He’s concerned that rural parts of the Valley are not adequately represented politically, and that environmental concerns over pesticides and chemicals in those areas receive little attention. He’s also frustrated over stagnant wages. He said businesses often don’t want to pay competitive wages for services because they believe they can find someone just a few miles south in Mexico to provide the service for a cheaper price. Gonzalez believes in voting as an important way for communities to make their voices heard about their concerns, but said underrepresentation continues to be a problem. He doesn’t see that changing anytime soon. “We’ve been under Republican governorship for so long,” he said. “It’s like a big tanker truck that you can’t just turn around. You just have to move slowly.” view article

Colorado school district rejects controversial reading curriculum because of errors, Texas focus

August 1805:00 AM

On Wednesday, elementary schools in a small southwestern Colorado district stopped using a controversial reading curriculum developed by the state of Texas. It was the third day of school. The sudden shift came a day after the Montezuma-Cortez school board voted 4-3 to reject the new curriculum, called Bluebonnet, and four days after the district’s superintendent pledged that Biblical material would be removed from lessons. view article

Liberty Hill ISD Superintendent discusses schedule switch ahead of new school year

August 1708:45 AM

Last school year, Liberty Hill Independent School District made the unusual move of teaching students on campus just four days a week, most weeks. Those Mondays through Thursdays on campus were longer, as the district still needed to meet the 75,600 instructional minutes requirement set by the Texas Education Agency. However, students had most Fridays off. view article

James Talarico pushes new plan to woo Texas veterans, pledges to ‘fight for them the way they fight for us’

August 1708:40 AM

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico unveiled a veterans and military agenda Friday aimed at ending forever wars, strengthening support for military families and increasing the resources available to veterans for health care, housing and employment. view article

Plano ISD board votes to fire principal accused of ignoring abuse allegations against teacher

August 1708:38 AM

Plano ISD trustees voted Thursday night to fire the principal being sued for allegedly not acting to prevent sexual abuse at her school. Brinker Elementary principal Jennifer King is one of the defendants in a lawsuit claiming she and the district failed to report accusations of abuse against a longtime second-grade teacher. view article

Texas cities eye property tax hikes, spending cuts amid yawning budget gaps

August 1708:36 AM

DALLAS — Texas cities have floated unusual proposals to slash their spending as they face yawning budget gaps, from laying off employees and charging non-residents higher zoo ticket prices, to asking voters to reconsider public funding to a new arena for the San Antonio Spurs. These desperate maneuvers — some of which have not come to fruition — underscore how inflation, a slower economy and moves by state lawmakers have put Texas’ biggest cities in a tightening financial noose that will take big moves to get out of “This is going to be our new normal going forward,” Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert said Tuesday during a briefing on the city’s upcoming budget. view article

Texas child advocates push back against proposed overhaul of federal Head Start

August 1708:32 AM

Child advocates from Texas and across the country are voicing strong opposition against proposed changes to Head Start. The nonprofit Children At Risk held a press conference Thursday with child advocates and early childhood stakeholders to discuss the proposed overhaul and its state-by-state impacts. Head Start programs provide free learning and development services to children from low-income families, from birth to age five. Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families announced proposed sweeping changes to the program’s regulations. This includes removing significant federal regulations and shifting standards towards state and local requirements, decreasing allowable administrative costs from 15% to 5%, and emphasizing English-language instruction in most programs. view article

Regulate AI companies, not AI in schools, North Dakota state superintendent says

August 1708:30 AM

The leader of North Dakota’s public schools last week advised lawmakers to focus artificial intelligence regulations on companies providing AI and chatbots, but leave AI use in the classroom up to school boards and educators. Levi Bachmeier, the state superintendent of schools, testifying in front of the Legislature’s artificial intelligence and data center committee, expressed concern about young students and their exposure to AI, especially chatbots, but recognized AI can be a valuable tool. His main concern stems from chatbots that act as companions and advisors to age groups that can be easily influenced. “If I had to pick a villain, it would be companion chatbots,” Bachmeier said Thursday during a meeting held at Minot State University. view article

Limits on certain firearms, silencers lifted for some in Texas after judge’s order takes effect

August 1708:30 AM

The Trump administration declined to immediately appeal a ruling by a federal judge in Lubbock that invalidated parts of the 1934 National Firearms Act. view article

Caught in the backlash over AI, book publishers face mounting questions

August 1708:30 AM

This summer, the literary agencies Europa Content and Hodgman Literary shook the publishing world when they withdrew from sale a manuscript for the highly anticipated crime novel “Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body.” The book, written by Nigerian author Jerry Falade, had already generated plenty of online buzz. It had secured multimillion-dollar deals from major publishers in both the United States and the United Kingdom and was slated to be released in 2028. It was also, the literary agencies said, unclear whether the book had been written by Mr. Falade or by an artificial intelligence chatbot. view article

Texas GOP lawmaker predicts fallout for his party over Big Bend border work

August 1708:30 AM

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers sent a letter this week to Gov. Greg Abbott asking for his help in stopping the Trump administration from moving forward with border construction projects in Big Bend National Park. Forty Democrats and three Republicans serving in the Texas House of Representatives added their signatures to the letter that went to the governor Thursday. In the opening of the letter, they said they wanted to express their “deep concern and opposition to construction of border barriers in the Big Bend region, particularly in Big Bend National Park.” view article

Dallas ISD makes pre-K free for 3- and 4-year-olds in hopes of boosting enrollment

August 1708:30 AM

As students return to school this week, Dallas ISD is hoping to fill more preschool classrooms. For the first time, every 3- and 4-year-old who lives within the district can attend pre-K for free, regardless of family income. The expansion is part of the district's effort to attract more families while giving children an earlier start before kindergarten. Up until this school year, free pre-K in Dallas ISD was only available for military households, low-income families, non-English-speaking learners, and children of Dallas ISD teachers. Of the more than 10,000 preschool students in the district, only, 267 families were paying for preschool last year because they did not meet the eligibility requirements, according to district. view article

Former Harmony ISD athletic director and wife remembered by school community

August 1708:25 AM

Harmony Independent School District is mourning the deaths of former Athletic Director Jeremy Jenkins and his wife, Brandy. In a statement, the district said Jeremy and Brandy were a blessing to Harmony ISD and to the students, athletes, families and staff whose lives they touched. view article

Hutto ISD investigating after incidents reported at 2 schools Friday

August 1708:25 AM

A pair of incidents prompted law enforcement response at two schools in Hutto on Friday, school officials said. Hutto ISD confirmed to KVUE that a bomb threat which prompted evacuations at Howard Norman Elementary School was made on Friday morning, while a report of a weapon on campus was made at Hutto Middle School during a class dismissal. view article

Former Harmony ISD head football coach, wife killed in car crash

August 1708:25 AM

Former Harmony ISD head football coach Jeremy Jenkins and his wife Brandy were killed in a car crash Saturday night. The pair’s deaths were confirmed in a statement by Courtney Hudgins, the superintendent of East Bernard ISD, where Jenkins worked as head football coach and athletic director. view article

East Bernard High School head football coach and wife killed in crash

August 1708:25 AM

East Bernard ISD is mourning the deaths of Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Jeremy Jenkins and his wife, Brandy Jenkins, a teacher at East Bernard Junior High School. According to a message from Superintendent Courtney Hudgins, the couple died in a car crash Saturday evening, view article

McKinney ISD 2026 Accountability Results Highlight Student Performance and Increasing College, Career, and Military Readiness

August 1708:22 AM

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released its 2026 accountability ratings today. McKinney ISD leaders have completed an initial review of the results and are partnering with campuses to celebrate accomplishments, identify opportunities for growth, and determine next steps. view article

Conroe ISD STAAR results consistently surpass state, but show decreases within district in some subjects

August 1708:21 AM

Conroe ISD outperformed the state in most subjects for the spring 2026 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, but scores within the district decreased in many categories compared to 2025, according to results released by the Texas Education Agency. view article

Belton ISD German teacher Julia Danzeiser receives national teaching award

August 1708:21 AM

Belton ISD German teacher Julia Danzeiser is one of three educators nationwide to receive the 2026 German Embassy Teacher of Excellence Award, the district announced Monday. The award celebrates German language educators who demonstrate excellence in teaching and a commitment to growing world language programs. It is presented by the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the American Association of Teachers of German. view article

Irving ISD high school investigated for possible tuberculosis exposure

August 1708:19 AM

Dallas County Health & Human Services says it is investigating possible tuberculosis exposure at MacArthur High School in Irving ISD from the 2025–26 school year. Irving ISD is recommending any returning student in 10th, 11th or 12th grade get tested for tuberculosis if they have not already been tested. view article

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